This volume, together with its companion on the Eclogues and the previously published volume on the Aeneid, completes the coverage of Vergil's poetry in Oxford Readings in Classical Studies. It collects ten classic papers on the Georgics written between 1970 and 1999 by leading scholars from several different countries. The contributions are representative of recent developments in Vergilian scholarship, with some discussing general issues raised by the work and others treating important individual poems and passages. The editor's Introduction places the essays in their context. A conspectus of contemporary Georgics criticism, the book will be helpful to students who are encountering the poems for the first time - all Latin has been translated - and will also serve as a reference work for more seasoned scholars.
| ISBN: | 9780199542932 |
| Publication date: | 21st August 2008 |
| Author: | Katharina Associate Professor, Department of Classics, Columbia University Volk |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 296 pages |
| Series: | Oxford Readings in Classical Studies |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: poetry and poets Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval Poetry by individual poets |