Virgil
- ISBN: 9781405159494
- Editorial: Wiley-Blackwell
- Fecha de la edición: 2010
- Lugar de la edición: Chichester. Reino Unido
- Colección: Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World
- Encuadernación: Cartoné
- Medidas: 24 cm
- Nº Pág.: 224
- Idiomas: Inglés
Virgil offers undergraduates, graduate students and general readers a comprehensive and carefully balanced introduction to the works and literary reception of Virgil. Offers a fresh, comprehensive introduction to Virgil in translation Explores the historical context in which Virgil wrote and lived Discusses the manuscript tradition of Virgil Traces the poet's literary influence on later authors and his impact on the arts Includes suggestions for further readings.
1 Generalizing about Virgil: Dialogue, Wisdom, Mission 1
2 Publius Vergilius Maro: A Preamble 26
3 Eclogue Dialogues 40
4 The Georgics: A Repast of Wisdom 75
5 The Aeneid: Mission and Telos 104
6 Virgilian Manuscripts: Codex to Critical Edition 150
7 The Virgilian Legacy 168
8 Further Reading 188
