Virgil
Copyright © 2011 R. Alden Smith
Author(s): R. Alden Smith
Published Online: 2 AUG 2010
Print ISBN: 9781405159494
Online ISBN: 9781444327458
DOI: 10.1002/9781444327458
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Virgil offers undergraduates, graduate students and general readers a comprehensive and carefully balanced introduction to the works and literary reception of Virgil.
- Offers a fresh, comprehensive introduction to Virgil in translation
- Explores the historical context in which Virgil wrote and lived
- Discusses the manuscript tradition of Virgil
- Traces the poet's literary influence on later authors and his impact on the arts
- Includes suggestions for further readings