Virgil
Autor: | R. Alden Smith |
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EAN: | 9781444351545 |
eBook Format: | ePUB |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Produktart: | eBook |
Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 24.06.2011 |
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Schlagworte: | Aeneid Classical Literature Eclogues Epic Poetry Georgics Latin Literature Latin Poetry Virgil pastoral |
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Virgil offers undergraduates, graduate students and general readers a comprehensive and carefully balanced introduction to the works and literary reception of Virgil.
R. Alden Smith is Professor of Classics at Baylor University. He is the author of Poetic Allusion and Poetic Embrace in Ovid and Virgil (1998) and The Primacy of Vision and Virgil’s Aeneid (2005), as well as many articles on Latin and Greek poetry and Greek epigraphy.
- 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
R. Alden Smith is Professor of Classics at Baylor University. He is the author of Poetic Allusion and Poetic Embrace in Ovid and Virgil (1998) and The Primacy of Vision and Virgil’s Aeneid (2005), as well as many articles on Latin and Greek poetry and Greek epigraphy.