Author: Martindale, Charles
Title: The Cambridge Companion to Virgil
Description: Cambridge, England/ New York, Cambridge University Press, 1997. Hardcover. Black cloth boards, gilt lettering on red title blocks on front and spine; xvii, 370 pp; 16 unnumbered leaves of bw plates. "This ground-breaking and authoritative volume is an indispensable reference book to accompany the study of Virgil. It is a multi-authored guide aimed at students and anyone with an interest in great literature and the classical heritage. The chapters contain essential information while also offering fresh and original insights into the poems and their author. Emphasis is given to the responses to Virgil over the centuries, particularly by other creative artists."- website. Contents: Introduction :; "the classic of all Europe" /; Charles Martindale --; Virgil in English translation /; Colin Burrow --; Modern receptions and their interpretative implications /; Duncan F. Kennedy --; Aspects of Virgil's reception in antiquity /; R.J. Tarrant --; The Virgil commentary of Servius /; Don Fowler --; Virgils, from Dante to Milton /; Colin Burrow --; Virgil in art /; M.J.H. Liversidge --; Green politics : the Eclogues /; Charles Martindale --; Virgilian didaxis : value and meaning in the Georgics /; William Batstone --; Virgilian epic /; Duncan F. Kennedy --; Closure : the Book of Virgil /; Elena Theodorakopoulos --; Poetry and power : Virgil's poetry in contemporary context /; R.J. Tarrant --; Rome and its traditions /; James E.G. Zetzel --; Virgil and the cosmos : religious and philosophical ideas /; Susanna Morton Braund --; The Virgilian intertext /; Joseph Farrell --; Virgil's style /; James J. O'Hara --; Virgilian narrative : story-telling /; Don Fowler --; Virgilian narrative : ecphrasis /; Alessandro Barchiesi --; Approaching characterisation in Virgil /; Andrew Laird --; Sons and lovers : sexuality and gender in Virgil's poetry /; Ellen Oliensis --; Virgil and tragedy /; Philip Hardie --; Envoi : the death of Virgil /; Fiona Cox. VG- (Ex-library with stamps and labels on spine, inside front and rear covers, ffep and block.) .
Keywords: Literature Young and Old ; Epic Poetry ; ;
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Title: The Cambridge Companion to Virgil
Description: Cambridge, England/ New York, Cambridge University Press, 1997. Hardcover. Black cloth boards, gilt lettering on red title blocks on front and spine; xvii, 370 pp; 16 unnumbered leaves of bw plates. "This ground-breaking and authoritative volume is an indispensable reference book to accompany the study of Virgil. It is a multi-authored guide aimed at students and anyone with an interest in great literature and the classical heritage. The chapters contain essential information while also offering fresh and original insights into the poems and their author. Emphasis is given to the responses to Virgil over the centuries, particularly by other creative artists."- website. Contents: Introduction :; "the classic of all Europe" /; Charles Martindale --; Virgil in English translation /; Colin Burrow --; Modern receptions and their interpretative implications /; Duncan F. Kennedy --; Aspects of Virgil's reception in antiquity /; R.J. Tarrant --; The Virgil commentary of Servius /; Don Fowler --; Virgils, from Dante to Milton /; Colin Burrow --; Virgil in art /; M.J.H. Liversidge --; Green politics : the Eclogues /; Charles Martindale --; Virgilian didaxis : value and meaning in the Georgics /; William Batstone --; Virgilian epic /; Duncan F. Kennedy --; Closure : the Book of Virgil /; Elena Theodorakopoulos --; Poetry and power : Virgil's poetry in contemporary context /; R.J. Tarrant --; Rome and its traditions /; James E.G. Zetzel --; Virgil and the cosmos : religious and philosophical ideas /; Susanna Morton Braund --; The Virgilian intertext /; Joseph Farrell --; Virgil's style /; James J. O'Hara --; Virgilian narrative : story-telling /; Don Fowler --; Virgilian narrative : ecphrasis /; Alessandro Barchiesi --; Approaching characterisation in Virgil /; Andrew Laird --; Sons and lovers : sexuality and gender in Virgil's poetry /; Ellen Oliensis --; Virgil and tragedy /; Philip Hardie --; Envoi : the death of Virgil /; Fiona Cox. VG- (Ex-library with stamps and labels on spine, inside front and rear covers, ffep and block.) .
Keywords: Literature Young and Old ; Epic Poetry ; ;
Price: US$ 80.00 Seller: Kevin Mullen, Bookseller
- Book number: 186114
- Book number: 186114
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