The Cambridge Companion to Virgil
The Cambridge Companion to Virgil
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9781107170186This ground-breaking and authoritative volume is an indispensable reference book to accompany the study of Virgil. It is a multi-authored guide aimed at students and anyone with an interest in great literature and the classical heritage. The chapters contain essential information while also offering fresh and original insights into the poems and their author. Emphasis is given to the responses to Virgil over the centuries, particularly by other creative artists.
- Contributions by leading scholars from Britain, the USA, Ireland and Italy
- Refreshing approach to Virgil
- Emphasis on the reception of Virgil in later centuries - hence appeal beyond the classical market
- All essays newly commissioned for this Companion
Reviews & endorsements
"One of the...qualities of this book is its general commitment to newer critical modalities and sometimes bracingly fresh critical sensitivities." Dan Hooley, Bryn Mawr Classical Review
"An accessible and up-to-date picture of the state of Virgilian studies." Margaret Worsham Musgrove, Religious Studies Review
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Table of Contents
- List of illustrations
- Preface
- 1. Introduction: 'The classic of all Europe' Charles Martindale
- Part I. Translation and Reception:
- 2. Virgil in English translation Colin Burrow
- 3. Modern receptions and their interpretative implications Duncan F. Kennedy
- 4. Aspects of Virgil's reception in Antiquity R. J. Tarrant
- 5. The Virgil commentary of Servius Don Fowler
- 6. Virgils, from Dante to Milton Colin Burrow
- 7. Virgil in art M. J. H. Liversidge
- Part II. Genre and Poetic Career:
- 8. Green politics: the Eclogues Charles Martindale
- 9. Virgilian didaxis: value and meaning in the Georgics William Batstone
- 10. Virgilian epic Duncan F. Kennedy
- 11. Closure: the Book of Virgil Elena Theodorakopoulos
- Part III. Contexts of Production:
- 12. Poetry and power: Virgil's poetry in contemporary context R. J. Tarrant
- 13. Rome and its traditions James E. G. Zetzel
- 14. Virgil and the cosmos: religious and philosophical ideas Susanna Morton Braund
- 15. The Virgilian intertext Joseph Farrell
- Part IV. Contents and Forms:
- 16. Virgil's style James J. O'Hara
- 17. Virgilian narrative: (a) Storytelling Don Fowler
- (b) Ecphrasis Alessandro Barchiesi
- 18. Approaching characterisation in Virgil Andrew Laird
- 19. Sons and lovers: sexuality and gender in Virgil's poetry Ellen Oliensis
- 20. Virgil and tragedy Philip Hardie
- 21. Envoi: the death of Virgil Fiona Cox
- Dateline
- Index.
