The Cambridge Companion to Virgil

By: Fiachra Mac G?r?in

Book Overview

The poet Virgil remains the most significant and influential figure in Latin literature, and this expanded and updated Companion covers his life, work, and reception from antiquity to the present. The Aeneid, the Eclogues, the Georgics, and the Appendix Vergiliana are all discussed, as are art, history, politics, and philosophy; Virgil's literary style is carefully explored along with poetic traditions before and since, and chapters engage with his...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1316621340
• ISBN13: 9781316621349
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 570 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.4" x 9.0"