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Jiang says the power of the Aeneid is that even if readers know what is happening, memorized poetry can transform them into the hero's obedient pattern.
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Jiang says the power of the Aeneid is that even if readers know what is happening, memorized poetry can transform them into the hero's obedient pattern.
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Jiang says Dante writes for the universe and future readers: the poem is a secret box that transforms those who keep working at it.
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"He is now the perfect soldier. And that's why Virgil wrote the Aenead. Because it is a piece of propaganda. It's a piece of..."
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"comedy any questions about this so far um that's a really good question who is he writing to who is his audience um so..."
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"curious as to what this is and at first they can't figure it out but they stick at it and over time it begins..."
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