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 poems and their reception from perspectives including intertextuality, narratology, gender theory, philology and historicism. Leading authors cover topics from translations and commentaries to genre, authority, and characterisation, providing revised and updated recommendations for further reading. This volume is an accessible introduction to Virgil and his legacy for students and teachers, while also providing wide-ranging and in-depth investigations that will appeal to scholars of classical literature and other disciplines.
| ISBN: | 9781316621349 |
| Publication date: | 18th April 2019 |
| Author: | Charles Martindale, Fiachra Mac Góráin |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 448 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Companions to Literature |
| Genres: |
Poetry Poetry by individual poets Literature: history and criticism Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval Literary studies: poetry and poets Literary companions, book reviews and guides |