A companion to Vergil's Aeneid and its tradition

A Companion to Vergils Aeneid and its Tradition presents a collection of original interpretive essays by an international team of renowned scholars. Topicscovered include Vergil's handling of sources; the history of Vergil receptionin literature; and the enduring influence of Vergilian themes in prose, music, and art. The problem of translating the Aeneid into English and other languages is also covered, along with a survey of more recent translations into non-Western languages and their reception. Thought-provoking and accessible, A Companion to Vergils Aeneid and its Tradition draws out wonderful new insights and complexities from the works of a poet whose voice continues to resonate after 2,000 years.Joseph Farrell is Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of several books and papers on Latin literature, including Vergils Georgics and the Traditions of Ancient Epic (1991), Latin Language and Latin Culture from Ancient to Modern Times (2001), and the forthcoming Junos Aeneid: Narrative, Metapoetics, Dissent. Michael C. J. Putnam is MacMillan Professor of Classics and Professor of Comparative Literature, Emeritus, at Brown University. His works include Maffeo Vegio: Short Epics (2004), Poetic Interplay: Catullus and Horace (2006), and The Virgilian Tradition: The First Fifteen Hundred Years (with Jan Ziolkowski, 2008)

• ISBN: 978-1-4051-7577-7
• Editorial: Wiley-Blackwell
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 584
• Fecha Publicación: 16/04/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés