Virgil's Aeneid
| Autor: | David Ross |
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| EAN: | 9780470777312 |
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Produktart: | eBook |
| Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 15.04.2008 |
| Untertitel: | A Reader's Guide |
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| Schlagworte: | david; eminent scholar; guide; poetry; engage; helps readers; virgils great; images; beauty; poetic; romans lived; virgils; mental; detail important; book; illustrative passages; intellectual; character; ross; roman; topics; religion |
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Written by eminent scholar David O. Ross, this guide helps readers to engage with the poetry, thought, and background of Virgil's great epic, suggesting both the depth and the beauty of Virgil's poetic images and the mental images with which the Romans lived.
David O. Ross is Emeritus Professor of Classics at the University of Michigan. He is author of Style and Tradition in Catullus (1969), Backgrounds to Augustan Poetry: Gallus, Elegy, and Rome (1975), and Virgil's Elements: Physics and Poetry in the Georgics (1987).
- Guides readers through the complexity of Virgil's poetic style and imagery
- All extracts are translated, with original Latin given when necessary
- Provides useful historical and social context in which to understand the poem as it was viewed in its time
- Includes short introductions to important topics such as Roman religion and the Roman concept of 'character'
- Features a helpful appendix which clarifies how to read and hear the poem's Latin hexameter
David O. Ross is Emeritus Professor of Classics at the University of Michigan. He is author of Style and Tradition in Catullus (1969), Backgrounds to Augustan Poetry: Gallus, Elegy, and Rome (1975), and Virgil's Elements: Physics and Poetry in the Georgics (1987).
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