Virgil Georgics

Virgil, Edited by R.A.B. Mynors, with a Preface by R.G.M. Nisbet

ISBN 10: 0198149786 / ISBN 13: 9780198149781

Edité par Clerndon Press, Oxford University Press, Oxford, London, New York, Toronto, Melbourne &c., 1990

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NEW Trade Paperback Edition: First Edition (Orig. 1990) Reprinted (2003) * 0.60 kg, xcii+356 (448) pp * ABOUT THE BOOK: 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 & its place in nature & society. The poem is also a landmark in the use of the natural world as material for literature & 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 & choice of expression to provide a fuller understanding of the poetry. * HIGHEST PRAISE: ". an event in Virgilian scholarship . this commentary contains the best literary criticism that we have of the poem." -Richard Jenkyns, TLS ".grounded on a profundity of philological & technical learning that most of us can merely envy . it will obviously be indispensable to everyone seriously interested in the 'Georgics'." -Joseph Farrell, Bryn Mawr Classical Review "No commentator is better on the ancient sources, both poetic & agricultural . in this great & glowing commentary he has given us a sunlit view of one of the richest poems ever written." -David West, The Times * ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Virgil was an ancient Roman poet, the author of the "Eclogues", the "Georgics" & the "Aeneid", the last being an epic poem of 12 books that became the Roman Empire's national epic. ABOUT THE EDITOR: Sir Roger Mynors was Kennedy Professor of Latin in the University of Cambridge, 1944-53, & Corpus Christi Professor of Latin in the University of Oxford, 1953-70. R.G.M. Nisbet is at University of Oxford. * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & packages this SUPERB Clarendon Press edition w/ our greatest elegance & care for FREE shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL within the United States & its territories or via USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a below cost fee of $16.00 w/ shipping to all international destinations via USPS FIRST CLASS MAIL at our posted rates.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Virgil Georgics
• Éditeur: Clerndon Press, Oxford University Press, Oxford, London, New York, Toronto, Melbourne &c.
• Date de parution: 1990
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0198149786
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780198149781
• Reliure: Soft cover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• Impression: Reprint Edition
• État de l'article: New
• État de la jaquette: New
• Poids: 0,6 kilogramme

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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.

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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.