| Virgil and the Augustan Reception Contributor(s): Thomas, Richard F. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521782880 ISBN-13: 9780521782883 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2001 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Poetry - Poetry | Ancient & Classical - Language Arts & Disciplines |
| Dewey: 871.01 |
| LCCN: 00033712 |
| Lexile Measure: 1540 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.9" W x 9.2" (1.30 lbs) 346 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book examines the ideological reception of Virgil at specific moments in the past two millennia. It focuses on the emperor Augustus in the poetry of Virgil, detects in the poets and grammarians of antiquity pro- and anti-Augustan readings, studies Dryden's 1697 Royalist translation, and also naive American translation. It scrutinizes nineteenth-century philology's rewriting or excision of troubling readings, and covers readings by both supporters and opponents of fascism and National Socialism. Finally it examines how successive ages have made the Aeneid conform to their upbeat expectations of this poet. |