Beschreibung:

XVII; 370 S., Abb. Broschiert.

Bemerkung:

Sehr gutes Ex. - Introduction: 'The classic of all Europe' -- CHARLES MARTINDALE -- Part 2: Translation and reception -- 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 -- Part 2: Genre and poetic career 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 -- Part 3: Contexts of production -- 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 -- Part 4: Contents and forms -- Virgil's style JAMES J. O'HARA -- Virgilian narrative -- (a) Story-telling -- DON FOWLER -- (b) 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 -- Dateline compiled by Genevieve Liveley -- List of works cited -- Index. ISBN 0521498856