This book makes available Ronald Knox’s hitherto unpublished
lectures on Virgil’s Aeneid delivered at Trinity College, Oxford,
as part of a lecture course on Virgil in 1912. Written with
Knox’s customary incisiveness and with frequent allusions to
contemporary life, the lectures are devoted to the appreciation of
the Aeneid and focus on what he called the ‘essential and
dominant characteristics’ that make up its greatness. They deal
with Virgil’s political and religious outlook, ideas of the
afterlife, sense of romance and pathos, narrative style, sources,
versification and appreciation of scenery. His interpretation of
the relationship between Dido and Aeneas renders redundant the
question, much debated to this day, of whether Aeneas loved Dido,
and also portrays Aeneas more sympathetically than is currently
fashionable. The additional introductory and critical essays by the
contributors place the lectures in their historical and scholarly
context, bring out their enduring relevance and illustrate how
Ronald Knox’s distinctive approach might be still developed to
advantage. As Robert Speaight noted in his presidential address to
the Virgil Society in 1958, ‘many of us who love our Virgil will
now understand him better because Ronald Knox loved and understood
him so well’.
General
| Imprint: |
Bloomsbury Academic
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
August 2023 |
| Editors: |
Francesca Bugliani Knox
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
272 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-350-11828-7 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-350-11828-1 |
| Barcode: |
9781350118287 |
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