
The Aeneid
R. Deryck Williams(Author)
Bristol Classical Press
2nd Edition
Published on 26. March 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-1-85399-714-3 (ISBN)
Description
"The Aeneid of Virgil" is one of the greatest works of Classical antiquity. This study by the Virgilian scholar R. Deryck Williams, first published in 1987 and long unavailable, sets the "Aeneid" in its historical literary background and shows how Virgil related his own world of the newly established Roman Empire to the experience of the past. The poetic qualities of epic are analysed and illustrated by frequent quotations from the Latin, always with prose translations. The book will be appreciated by students and teachers of literature, and by knowledgeable non-academic readers. James Morwood's new Foreword for this edition contains an appreciation of R.D. Williams' work and provides a select bibliography of later writing on the subject.
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Series
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
314 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85399-714-3 (9781853997143)
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The late R.D. Williams, Professor of Classics at Reading University, was a leading scholar of Virgil and published numerous articles and commentaries on his work, of which this book was the culmination. James Morwood is an Emeritus Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford.