Virgil Paperback / softback
by Alison (University of Toronto, Canada) Keith
Part of the Understanding Classics series
Paperback / softback
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The works of Virgil (70–19 BCE) define the ‘golden age’ of Latin poetry and have inspired a long tradition of interpretation and adaptation that starts in his own time and extends to important modern authors.
His ascent from the lesser genre of pastoral (the Bucolics) through a more ambitious didactic mode (the Georgics) to the soaring heights of epic (the incomparable Aeneid) shaped the canonical writings of other authors, from his younger contemporary Ovid through the medieval writers Dante and Petrarch to the early modern poets Spenser and Milton and well beyond.
Virgil, as Alison Keith shows, has never gone out of critical or popular fashion. This wide-ranging introduction appraises a figure of central importance in the history of Western music, art and literature.
Offering close readings of the Bucolics, Georgics and Aeneid, Keith places Virgil and his poetry in historical context before tracing their impact at key moments in the culture of the West.
Emphasis is placed on Virgil’s reception of the classical literary and philosophical traditions, and on how his poetry has attracted modern interest from writers as diverse as T.
S. Eliot and Ursula K. Le Guin.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:224 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:12/12/2019
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- ISBN:9781848859203
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In Stock - low on stock, only 1 copy remainingFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:224 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:12/12/2019
- Category:
- ISBN:9781848859203