Virgil: Virgil | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9780521290470 | Virgil | Aeneid Book VIII | Virgil (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | Englisch

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Book VIII is one of the most attractive and important books of Virgil's Aeneid. It includes the visit of Aaneas to the site of the future Rome, the story of Hercules and Cacus, the episode between Venus and Vulcan and the description of the great symbolic shield of Aeneas. Mr Gransden's introduction relates this book to the Aeneid as a whole considers the text in various aspects: the topography, Virgil's sense of history, his typology and symbolism, his literary style and his influence on subsequent vernacular poetry. The commentary discusses points of special interest and difficulty in interpretation, style and prosody and gives detailed explanation of the many allusions in Book VIII to customs, legends, traditions and historical events. This is primarily a textbook for university students and sixth-formers, but it also contains material which may be of interest to students of English and comparative literature.

Über den Autor

Publius Vergilius Maro, known to us as Virgil (70 B.C.-19 B.C.), is best remembered for his masterpiece, The Aeneid, in which he represented the Emperor Augustus as a descendant of the half-divine Aeneas, a refugee from the fall of Troy and legendary founder of Rome. Virgil claimed on his deathbed that The Aeneid was unfinished and expressed a desire to have it burned, but it became the national epic of ancient Rome, a monument of Latin literature, and has been regarded as one of the great classics of Western literature ever since. Virgil's other works include the Eclogues and the Georgics, also considered masterpieces.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; Map of the site of Rome; introduction; 1. Virgil's career and reputation; 2. The Aeneid; 3. Book VIII; 4. The poetry; Commentary; Appendices; Bibliography; Indexes to the commentary.

Erscheinungsjahr:	2005
Genre:	Allg. & vergl. Sprachwissenschaft , Importe
Rubrik:	Sprachwissenschaft
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780521290470
ISBN-10:	0521290473
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Virgil Virgil, Virgil
Redaktion:	Gransden, K. W.
Hersteller:	Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	203 x 127 x 13 mm
Von/Mit:	Virgil (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	22.11.2005
Gewicht:	0,261 kg