Roman Poets of the Augustan Age

Klappentext William Young Sellar's meticulous work of scholarship on the poetry of Virgil in its literary and historical context. Zusammenfassung One of the scholarly volumes for which William Young Sellar is famed! this work presents Virgil's poetry in context. It provides a wealth of meticulously presented and richly detailed information on the historical and literary context of Virgil's life and work! as well as formal analysis of his poetry. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. General introduction; 2. Virgil's place in Roman literature; 3. Life and personal characteristics of Virgil; 4. The Eclogues; 5. Motives, form, substance, and sources of the Georgics; 6. Relation of the Georgics to the poem of Lucretius; 7. The Georgics: a poem representative of Italy; 8. The Roman epic before the time of Virgil; 9. Form and subject of the Aeneid; 10. The Aeneid as the epic of the Roman empire; 11. The Aeneid as an epic poem of human life.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: William Youn Sellar, William Young Sellar
• Editore: External catalogues UK
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 16.03.2010
• EAN: 9781108012447
• ISBN: 978-1-108-01244-7
• Serie: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Classics
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; HISTORY / Ancient / General, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval