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Virgil / R. Alden Smith.

By: Smith, AldenMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Blackwell introductions to the classical world | Wiley online libraryPublisher: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011Description: 1 online resource (xi, 210 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781444327458; 1444327453; 9781444327465; 1444327461; 9781444351545; 1444351540Subject(s): Virgil -- Criticism and interpretation | Virgil -- Technique | Virgil -- Influence | Vergilius Maro, Publius | Virgil | POETRY -- Ancient, Classical & Medieval | Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) | TechniqueGenre/Form: Electronic books. | Criticism, interpretation, etc.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Virgil.DDC classification: 871/.01 LOC classification: PA6825.S633 2011Online resources: Wiley Online Library
Contents:
1. Generalizing about Virgil: Dialogue, wisdom, mission ; Of codes and codices ; Code of readership ; Poetic craft ; Thematic contours ; Poetic models ; Virgil's allusive (and imitative) style ; Telling themes: Virgil and story -- 2: Publius Vergilius Maro: A preamble ; The proto-Augustan milieu ; The Augustan context ; Patronage: Pollio, Maecenas, and Augustus -- 3: Eclogue dialogues ; L'arte allusiva: Virgil's imitative style ; Poetic pairings ; Eclogues 1 and 9 ; Eclogues 2 and 8 ; Eclogues 3 and 7.
Summary: "Virgil offers undergraduates, graduate students and general readers a comprehensive and carefully balanced introduction to the works and literary reception of Virgil. Offers a fresh, comprehensive introduction to Virgil in translation. Explores the historical context in which Virgil wrote and lived. Discusses the manuscript tradition of Virgil. Traces the poet's literary influence on later authors and his impact on the arts. Includes suggestions for further readings"--(Provided by publisher.).Summary: "Incorporating the most up-to-date classical scholarship, Virgilian scholar R. Alden Smith presents a comprehensive introduction to Virgil's literary works and narrative technique. In addition to exploring the historical context within which Virgil wrote, Smith considers the literary reception of Virgil's works and reveals how they have been reshaped in art, literature, and film. While focusing on the major works -- the Eclogues, Georgics, and his great national epic of Rome, the Aeneid -- the entire Virgilian corpus is considered. Other topics include manuscript tradition, problems associated with establishment of the text, and Virgil's influence on the poetry of Ovid, Dante, Milton, and the importance of Virgil to the arts, including painting, the plastic arts, and film. Combining scholarly rigor and an accessible writing style, this book offers an insightful introduction to the world of Virgil"--(Provided by publisher).
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Virgil offers undergraduates, graduate students and general readers a comprehensive and carefully balanced introduction to the works and literary reception of Virgil. Offers a fresh, comprehensive introduction to Virgil in translation. Explores the historical context in which Virgil wrote and lived. Discusses the manuscript tradition of Virgil. Traces the poet's literary influence on later authors and his impact on the arts. Includes suggestions for further readings"--(Provided by publisher.).

"Incorporating the most up-to-date classical scholarship, Virgilian scholar R. Alden Smith presents a comprehensive introduction to Virgil's literary works and narrative technique. In addition to exploring the historical context within which Virgil wrote, Smith considers the literary reception of Virgil's works and reveals how they have been reshaped in art, literature, and film. While focusing on the major works -- the Eclogues, Georgics, and his great national epic of Rome, the Aeneid -- the entire Virgilian corpus is considered. Other topics include manuscript tradition, problems associated with establishment of the text, and Virgil's influence on the poetry of Ovid, Dante, Milton, and the importance of Virgil to the arts, including painting, the plastic arts, and film. Combining scholarly rigor and an accessible writing style, this book offers an insightful introduction to the world of Virgil"--(Provided by publisher).

1. Generalizing about Virgil: Dialogue, wisdom, mission ; Of codes and codices ; Code of readership ; Poetic craft ; Thematic contours ; Poetic models ; Virgil's allusive (and imitative) style ; Telling themes: Virgil and story -- 2: Publius Vergilius Maro: A preamble ; The proto-Augustan milieu ; The Augustan context ; Patronage: Pollio, Maecenas, and Augustus -- 3: Eclogue dialogues ; L'arte allusiva: Virgil's imitative style ; Poetic pairings ; Eclogues 1 and 9 ; Eclogues 2 and 8 ; Eclogues 3 and 7.

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