William Empson Quote

As for propaganda, some very good work has been that; most authors want their point of view to be convincing. Pope said that even the Aeneid was a "political puff"; its dreamy, impersonal, universal melancholy was a calculated support for Augustus.


Some Versions of Pastoral (1935)


As for propaganda, some very good work has been that; most authors want their point of view to be convincing. Pope said that even the Aeneid was a...

As for propaganda, some very good work has been that; most authors want their point of view to be convincing. Pope said that even the Aeneid was a...

As for propaganda, some very good work has been that; most authors want their point of view to be convincing. Pope said that even the Aeneid was a...

As for propaganda, some very good work has been that; most authors want their point of view to be convincing. Pope said that even the Aeneid was a...