A Companion to the Study of Virgil
Published on 18. August 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
344 pages
978-90-04-11870-6 (ISBN)
Description
This book is not yet another introduction to Virgil's poetry. The editor and three contributors offer a guide to the key problems and to the most intelligent discussions.
They do not hesitate to point out what we do not know, and where more work needs to be done. Apart from ample discussion of the poems and the main issues they raise, the book offers chapters on the life of Virgil, his style, and his influence on late Latin epic.
They do not hesitate to point out what we do not know, and where more work needs to be done. Apart from ample discussion of the poems and the main issues they raise, the book offers chapters on the life of Virgil, his style, and his influence on late Latin epic.
Reviews / Votes
From reviews of the hardcover edition'This is a book for teachers to recommend to their students. More senior scholars too must have this book on their shelves. They will appreciate the clear and balanced surveys - and the huge quantity of useful information.'
Oliver Lyne, Classical Review, 1999.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 245 mm
Width: 163 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
626 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-11870-6 (9789004118706)
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Person
Nicholas Horsfall lives in Rome and has published numerous books and articles on Latin literature, mythology and the Roman world, including: La villa sabina di Orazio (Venosa 1993); Virgilio: L'epopea in alambicco (Napoli 1991); Cornelis Nepos: A selection, including the lives of Cato and Atticus; translated with introductions and commentary (Oxford 1989); Vir bonus discendi peritus; studies in celebration of Otto Skutsch's eightieth birthday (London 1988); Roman myth and mythography with J.N. Bremmer (London 1987)
Content
Virgil - his life and times; "Bucolics"; "Georgics"; "Aeneid"; style, language and metre; Virgil's impact at Rome - the non-literary evidence; Virgil - the literary impact (Ovid's "Metamorphoses", Lucanus, Valerius Flaccus, Statius' "Thebaid", Statius' "Achilleid", Silius Italicus); the transmission of Virgil's works in antiquity and the Middle Ages.