The Ancient Lives Of Virgil
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The Ancient Lives Of Virgil
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Author : Philip Hardie
language : en
Publisher: Classical Press of Wales
Release Date : 2017-12-14
The Ancient Lives Of Virgil written by Philip Hardie and has been published by Classical Press of Wales this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-14 with Literary Criticism categories.
The Ancient Lives of the poet Virgil, written in prose (and sometimes in verse), have long enjoyed great, though controversial, influence. Modern critics have often been scornful of these Lives, for trying to construct biography of the poet from allegorical reading of his verse. Yet some elements of the Lives are trusted, and quietly adopted as canonical, most notably the dating of Virgil's death. Some vignettes in the Lives have been cherished for their image of an emotive poet, as when Virgil, by evoking in verse the premature death of Augustus' nephew Marcellus, caused the young man's bereaved mother to faint. Less romantic detail from the Lives, as of Virgil's privileged material circumstances at the heart of the Augustan regime, has been less regarded. The present volume, from a distinguished international team, aims to revalue the Ancient Lives of Virgil from a variety of angles and in a variety of scholarly genres. The allegory within the Lives is here studied for its own sake, and shown to be part of a developed Graeco-Roman school of interpretation. The literary character of the verse Life attributed to Phocas is respectfully analysed. Certain political references within the best-known prose Life, the `Suetonian-Donatan', are shown to be apparently independent of allegory, and to be worth prospecting for new information on the poet's personal history. And ideas of Virgil received and developed with brio in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance are here traced back to the Ancient Lives of the poet composed in Antiquity.
Virgil
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Author : Peter Levi
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2012-02-28
Virgil written by Peter Levi and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-28 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Born in 70 BC, in a small village near Mantua, Publius Vergilius Maro - Virgil - grew up to be hailed as the greatest Roman poet. And although his work has influenced Western literature for two millennia, little is known about the man himself. Who was the man who created the Aeneid - one of the most important poems in Western literature - and such universal phrases as 'love conquers all' and 'fortune favours the bold'? Peter Levi here reconstructs the poet's life, from a childhood largely shrouded in mystery to great literary genius and revolutionary poet, by examining archaeological and historical evidence from Augustan Rome, as well as through close readings of the poet's own work. 'Virgil is an intensely personal poet, yet he is anonymous.... My aim is not so ambitious as to try and restore his prestige single-handed. It has simply been to try to understand him in his original context.' In this highly acclaimed, now classic biography Peter Levi discards the myths and brilliantly reveals the life of Virgil and the extraordinary times during which he lived.
Virgil
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Author : Peter Levi
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Release Date : 1998
Virgil written by Peter Levi and has been published by Bloomsbury Academic this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The most famous of Roman poets; discards appropriations & myths and reveals the life of a poet who surveys us with anxiety.
Vergil A Biography
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Author : Tenney Frank
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-05-29
Vergil A Biography written by Tenney Frank and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-29 with Fiction categories.
Vergil: A Biography is a book by Tenney Frank. Vergil was an early Roman lyricist of the Augustan period. He created three of the most renowned poems in Latin literature: the Eclogues (or Bucolics), the Georgics, and the epic Aeneid.
The Eclogues And Georgics Of Virgil Classic Reprint
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Author : T. F. Royds
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-08-05
The Eclogues And Georgics Of Virgil Classic Reprint written by T. F. Royds and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-05 with Poetry categories.
Excerpt from The Eclogues and Georgics of Virgil "Thou that singest wheat and woodland, Tilth and vineyard, hive and horse and herd; All the charm of all the Muses Often flowering in a lonely word; Poet of the happy Tityrus Piping underneath his beechen bowers; Poet of the poet-satyr Whom the laughing shepherd bound with flowers." Tennyson. "Throughout the Middle Ages Virgil was a beneficent wizard, a romance-writer and a sorcerer, his name recurring strangely among all the greatest names of history or fable. To the scholarship of the Renaissance he became a poet again, but still Prince of poets, still with something of divine attributes. For us, who inherit from all these ages, he is the gathered sum of what to all these ages he has been. But it is as a voice of Nature that he now appeals to us most; as a voice of one who in his strength and sweetness is not too steadfastly felicitous to have sympathy with human weakness and pain. Through the imperial roll of his rhythm there rises a note of all but intolerable pathos; and in the most golden flow of his verse he still brings us near him by a faint accent of trouble. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Vergil
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Author : Sarah Ruden
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2023-08-22
Vergil written by Sarah Ruden and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-08-22 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A biography of Vergil, Rome’s greatest poet, by the acclaimed translator of the Aeneid The Aeneid stands as a towering work of Classical Roman literature and a gripping dramatization of the best and worst of human nature. In the process of creating this epic poem, Vergil (70–19 BCE) became the world’s first media celebrity, a living legend. But the real Vergil is a shadowy figure; we know that he was born into a modest rural family, that he led a private and solitary life, and that, in spite of poor health and unusual emotional vulnerabilities, he worked tirelessly to achieve exquisite new effects in verse. Vergil’s most famous work, the Aeneid, was commissioned by the emperor Augustus, who published the epic despite Vergil’s dying wish that it be destroyed. Sarah Ruden, widely praised for her translation of the Aeneid, uses evidence from Roman life and history alongside Vergil’s own writings to make careful deductions to reconstruct his life. Through her intimate knowledge of Vergil’s work, she brings to life a poet who was committed to creating something astonishingly new and memorable, even at great personal cost.
The Bucolics Or Eclogues Of Virgil With Notes A Life Of Virgil And An Article On Ancient Musical Instruments
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Author : Virgil
language : en
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Release Date : 2023-07-18
The Bucolics Or Eclogues Of Virgil With Notes A Life Of Virgil And An Article On Ancient Musical Instruments written by Virgil and has been published by Legare Street Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-18 with History categories.
The Bucolics or Eclogues of Virgil is a classic collection of pastoral poetry. This edition includes detailed notes to help readers understand the language and themes of the poems, as well as a biography of Virgil himself. Additionally, the book features an article on ancient musical instruments, offering insights into the cultural context in which the poems were originally composed. A must-read for anyone interested in classical literature or poetry. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
An Introduction To Virgil S Aeneid
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Author : William Anthony Camps
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1969
An Introduction To Virgil S Aeneid written by William Anthony Camps and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with Aeneas (Legendary character) in literature categories.
This book is geared primarily to students approaching the Aeneid for the first time. It attempts, through discussion of a wide variety of topics, to convey a balanced impression of the nature of the poem as a whole. An appendix includes a version of and ancient Life of Virgil and information about the ancient commentary on him.
A Companion To The Study Of Virgil
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Author : Nicholas Horsfall
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2000-08-01
A Companion To The Study Of Virgil written by Nicholas Horsfall and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-08-01 with History categories.
"A Companion to the Study of Virgil" is not yet another introduction to Virgil's poetry, nor is it the thinking man's version of the bibliographies in ANRW. The editor and three outside contributors offer a guide both to the key problems and to the most intelligent discussions. They do not offer 'solutions' to all the difficulties, but are not frightened to admit that "this" we do not know, that "that" is a mess, and that "there" more work is to be done. The book is aimed at graduate students and university teachers. Many of the issues are difficult and artificial simplifications seem to offer no advantages. Apart from ample discussion of the poems and the main issues they raise, the book offers chapters on the life of Virgil (Horsfall), his style (Horsfall), his influence on later Latin epic (W.R. Barnes), on Latin life and culture (Horsfall), and on his MS tradition (Geymonat).
The Bucolics Or Eclogues Of Virgil
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Author : Virgil
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1870
The Bucolics Or Eclogues Of Virgil written by Virgil and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1870 with categories.