Oxford Readings in Vergil's Aeneid

By: S. J. Harrison (Editor)

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Hardcover | 1 January 1994

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488 Pages

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This collection of essays provides in convenient form a number of recent and classic papers on Vergil's Aeneid, covering a wide range of topics. It is particularly intended to be a supplement to standard reading for undergraduate courses in ancient epic poetry, and Vergil in particular. Especial attention has been paid to including useful essays from sources which are rare, out of print, or otherwise difficult to obtain, while care has also been taken to include material which is regularly specified on reading lists. The essays presented here are all in English, but Dr Harrison has attempted to maintain a broad overview of twentieth-century Vergilian criticism; work in other languages is mentioned in his introduction, which is a general survey of literature on the Aeneid, and in an additional bibliography. Contributors include such distinguished scholars as C. M. Bowra, Eduard Fraenkel, N. M. Horsfall, R. O. A. M. Lyne, R. G. M. Nisbet, F. H. Sandbach, F. Solmsen, D. A. West, and R. D. Williams. The work will be useful and accessible to scholars and students of Vergil and to anyone interested in this supreme epic poem.

Industry Reviews

`The work does display the author's keen sense of Latin style, which will benefit any reader's understanding of composition.' Religious Studies Review, Vol 19, No 4/ October 1993 `The book will no doubt be widely welcomed. It fills, as publishers say, a gap. And of course it contains good things.' Classical Review 'has the benefit of a lucid and well-balanced introductory survey by Stephen Harrison ... All the pieces in it are worth reading.' Greece and Rome 'all readers will learn much from H. ... Readers already familiar with H.'s work will expect meticulous scholarship and close attention to detail; they will not be disappointed. The introduction is written in a commendably clear style and is a model of common sense.' D.E. Hill, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, The Classical Review, Volume XLIII, No. 2, 1993 'Dr. S.J. Harrison ... has given us the most ambitious of this "series", and he is to be congratulated for the great detail of lexicographical, historical, geographical, ethnographical, and other material here presented. This is a book that all Virgilian scholars will need to own and consult, on any of these points, and also for what it can teach them about general Latin usage.' Vergilius, Volume 38 '... it is both comprehensive and detailed, offering comments on historical matters, the literary background, poetic style and diction, and textual problems; it is truly impressive in its learning, thoughtfulness, and occasional originality in particular details. Scholars will consult H.'s notes on diction and usage regularly, and on other matters much to be learned is conveniently collected. David O. Ross, Jr. The University of Michigan. The Classical Journal 90.1 (1994)

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