Virgil Georgics (Clarendon Paperbacks) - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0198149786 ISBN 13 : 9780198149781

Editeur : Oxford University Press, USA, 1994

Synopsis

Virgil's Georgics, considered to be one of the great poems of Western literature, is ostensibly a didactic poem on agriculture. Challenging this idea, the late Sir Roger Mynors argues that the poem's true subject is humanity and its place in nature and society. The poem is also a landmark in the use of the natural world as material for literature and of special interest because the poet draws not only on his own experience but also on his wide reading of Greek poetry. This commentary examines Virgil's meaning and choice of expression to provide a fuller understanding of the poetry.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Virgil's Georgics, by common consent one of the greatest poems in western literature, purports to be a didactic poem on agriculture, but its true subject is man and his place in literature and society. It is also a landmark in the use of the natural world as material for literature, and in the history of man's attitude towards his environment. The object of this commentary is to present the poet's meaning and (as far as possible) his choice of expression in the hope of achieving fuller understanding and enjoyment of the poetry. The volume includes the late Sir Roger's Oxford Classical Text of the Georgics together with apparatus criticus, as well as an appendix of Greek sources. After Mynors's death (in 1989) R. G. M. Nisbet added a short Preface to the Commentary and compiled an index.

Biographie de l'auteur

Eminent Roman poet, Virgil is famous for his incomparable epic Aeneid which has greatly influenced literature through the ages. Son of an affluent landowner, Virgil was sent to Milan, Rome and Naples to study rhetoric, mathematics, and medicine. He became one of the ''Alexandrians" - a group of poets influenced by Greek bards of the 3rd century. His early works include the poetic collection Bucolica (37 B. C.; 10 books), and the informative Georgics (29 B. C.; 4 books). After the Battle of Actium in 31 B. C. Virgil was assigned by the victorious emperor Augustus to write about his rule. This resulted in his magnum opus Aeneid on which he worked from 30 to 19 B. C. Spread over 12 books; it vividly captures the splendour of the Roman Empire and made Virgil a legend.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press, USA
• Date d'édition: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0198149786
• ISBN 13: 9780198149781
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 448
• Éditeur: Mynors R. A. B.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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