| Vergil's Georgics. Edited by Katharina Volk Contributor(s): Volk, Katharina (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0199542937 ISBN-13: 9780199542932 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $166.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2008 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical - Literary Collections | Ancient, Classical & Medieval - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 873.01 |
| LCCN: 2008009943 |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.14 lbs) 296 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |