Eclogues

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 Written between 42 and 37 b.c., ten pastoral poems believed to be the first authentic work by Virgil are presented with the original Latin on the left-hand page and the translation on the right. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. Zusammenfassung Haunting and enigmatic, Virgil's "Eclogues" combined a Greek literary form with scenes from contemporary Roman life to create a work that inspired a whole European tradition of pastoral poetry. For despite their rustic setting and the beauty of their phrasing, the poems in Virgil's first collection are also grounded in reality. Inhaltsverzeichnis The EcloguesAcknowledgments Introduction The Eclogues Notes Select Bibliography

List of contents

The EcloguesAcknowledgments
Introduction
The Eclogues
Notes
Select Bibliography

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Virgil; Translated with an Introduction and Notes by Guy Lee

Product details

• Authors: Guy Lee, Virgil
• Assisted by: Guy Lee (Editor), Guy Lee (Introduction), Guy Lee (Translation), Lee Guy (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.01.1984
• EAN: 9780140444193
• ISBN: 978-0-14-044419-3
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 131 mm x 198 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Penguin Classics; Penguin Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Classical texts, Poetry by individual poets, Ancient Sagas and epics