The Aeneid

Zusatztext "A new and noble standard bearer . . . There's a capriciousness to Fagles's line well suited to this vast story's ebb and flow." - The New York Times Book Review (front page review) "Fagles's new version of Virgil's epic delicately melds the stately rhythms of the original to a contemporary cadence. . . . He illuminates the poem's Homeric echoes while remaining faithful to Virgil's distinctive voice." - The New Yorker "Robert Fagles gives the full range of Virgil's drama! grandeur! and pathos in vigorous! supple modern English. It is fitting that one of the great translators of The Iliad and The Odyssey in our times should also emerge as a surpassing translator of The Aeneid ." -J. M. Coetzee Informationen zum Autor Virgil (70 BC - 19 BC) is considered to be Rome's greatest poet and one of the most influential writers of all time. His work, particularly the epic poem The Aeneid , has had lasting impact on the Western canon, inspiring Dante, Milton and James Joyce. Klappentext Robert Fagles's latest achievement completes the magnificent triptych of Western epics. A sweeping story of arms and heroism, The Aeneid follows the adventures of Aeneas, who flees the ashes of Troy to embark upon a tortuous course that brings him to Italy and fulfills his destiny as founder of the Roman people. Retaining all of the gravitas and humanity of the original, this powerful blend of poetry and myth remains as relevant today as when it was first written. Zusammenfassung A story of arms and heroism that follows the adventures of Aeneas, who flees the ashes of Troy to embark upon a tortuous course that brings him to Italy and fulfills his destiny as founder of the Roman people.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Fagles, Bernard Knox, Vergil, Virgil
• Assisted by: Bernard Knox (Introduction), Robert Fagles (Translation), Fagles Robert (Translation), ROBERT FAGLES (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.01.2008
• EAN: 9780143105138
• ISBN: 978-0-14-310513-8
• No. of pages: 496
• Dimensions: 147 mm x 215 mm x 33 mm
• Series: Penguin Deluxe Classics; Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition; Deluxe Classics; Penguin Classics Deluxe; Penguin Classics; Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition; Deluxe Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; POETRY / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, Classical texts, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Ancient, classical and medieval texts