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Zusatztext Ronald Knox’s lectures on the Aeneid are a long-lost delight, and a valuable addition to our understanding of classics education and scholarship in early 20th century England. Francesca Bugliani Knox is to be thanked for shepherding them finally to print. Informationen zum Autor Francesca Bugliani Knox is Research Associate at Heythrop College, London University, and Honorary Senior Research Associate at UCL. She has published several books and many articles on English, European and Italian literature from the Renaissance to the present. She is the editor of Ronald Knox: A Man for all Seasons (2016). Klappentext This book makes available Ronald Knox's hitherto unpublished lectures on Virgil's Aeneid delivered at Trinity College, Oxford, as part of a lecture course on Virgil in 1912. Written with Knox's customary incisiveness and with frequent allusions to contemporary life, the lectures are devoted to the appreciation of the Aeneid and focus on what he called the 'essential and dominant characteristics' that make up its greatness. They deal with Virgil's political and religious outlook, ideas of the afterlife, sense of romance and pathos, narrative style, sources, versification and appreciation of scenery. His interpretation of the relationship between Dido and Aeneas renders redundant the question, much debated to this day, of whether Aeneas loved Dido, and also portrays Aeneas more sympathetically than is currently fashionable. The additional introductory and critical essays by the contributors place the lectures in their historical and scholarly context, bring out their enduring relevance and illustrate how Ronald Knox's distinctive approach might be still developed to advantage. As Robert Speaight noted in his presidential address to the Virgil Society in 1958, 'many of us who love our Virgil will now understand him better because Ronald Knox loved and understood him so well'. Vorwort An annotated edition of Ronald Knox’s lectures on Virgil with additional introductory and critical essays providing essential context. Zusammenfassung This book makes available Ronald Knox’s hitherto unpublished lectures on Virgil’s Aeneid delivered at Trinity College, Oxford, as part of a lecture course on Virgil in 1912. Written with Knox’s customary incisiveness and with frequent allusions to contemporary life, the lectures are devoted to the appreciation of the Aeneid and focus on what he called the ‘essential and dominant characteristics’ that make up its greatness. They deal with Virgil’s political and religious outlook, ideas of the afterlife, sense of romance and pathos, narrative style, sources, versification and appreciation of scenery. His interpretation of the relationship between Dido and Aeneas renders redundant the question, much debated to this day, of whether Aeneas loved Dido, and also portrays Aeneas more sympathetically than is currently fashionable. The additional introductory and critical essays by the contributors place the lectures in their historical and scholarly context, bring out their enduring relevance and illustrate how Ronald Knox’s distinctive approach might be still developed to advantage. As Robert Speaight noted in his presidential address to the Virgil Society in 1958, ‘many of us who love our Virgil will now understand him better because Ronald Knox loved and understood him so well’. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of IllustrationsList of ContributorsAcknowledgementsForeword (Charles Martindale, University of Bristol, UK) Introduction: The Context of Ronald Knox’s Lectures on Virgil (Francesca Bugliani Knox, University College London, UK) Note on the Lecture List (Literae Humaniores) in The Oxford University Gazette (18 January 1912)Editing CriteriaPart I: Ronald Knox’s Lectures on Virgil1. Virgil’s Political Outlook2. Virgil’s Religious Outlook3. Virgil’s Romance and Pat...
