Vergil's "Aeneid" - Augustan Epic and Political Context (Paperback)

This title features a collection of 14 papers in which contributors use diverging critical methods on a selection of extracts from Vergil's epic, with the examination of political references in the work being prominent, as well as the question of the Aeneid's central meaning. Contents include: Vergil announcing the Aeneid. On Geo. 3.1-48 (Egil Kraggerud); The Peopling of the Underworld (Anton Powell); Vergil as a Republican (Eckard Lefevre); The Sword-Belt of Pallas: Moral Symbolism and Political Ideology (Stephen Harrison); The Isolation of Turnus (Richard F. Thomas) and The End and the Meaning (David West).

General

Imprint:	Classical Press of Wales
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2009
First published:	May 2010
Editors:	Hans-Peter Stahl
Dimensions:	232 x 158 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Unsewn / adhesive bound
Pages:	324
ISBN-13:	978-1-905125-33-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval
LSN:	1-905125-33-X
Barcode:	9781905125333

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