| Description |
xvii, 370 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Cambridge companions to literature |
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Cambridge companions to literature.
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| 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 |
| Notes |
Part of Cambridge companions online |
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Title from home page (viewed July 31, 2012) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 340-358) and index |
| Notes |
Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Subject |
Aeneas (Legendary character) -- In literature
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Virgil -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Agriculture in literature.
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Didactic poetry, Latin -- History and criticism.
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Epic poetry, Latin -- History and criticism.
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Country life in literature.
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Pastoral poetry, Latin -- History and criticism.
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| SUBJECT |
Rome -- In literature.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008111034
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| Author |
Martindale, Charles.
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Cambridge University Press.
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| LC no. |
96052447 |
| ISBN |
0521495393 |
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0521498856 |
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9780521495394 |
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9780521498852 |
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