Aspects de l’horrible dans la poésie virgilienne
Aspects of the Horrible in Virgil’s Poetry

Summary/Abstract: The category (aesthetic, poetic and ethical) of the horrible is based on the monstrosity of humans, animals and abstract entities. From the flowing blood to the supernatural symbolic phenomenon of metamorphosis, via the allegorical evocation of certain frightening figures, this monstrosity generates a poetic observation of nature and the human psyche, an aesthetic contemplation of the universe, a meditation on history as well as a moral reflection.

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