Virgil and the Augustan Reception (Hardcover)

This book examines the ideological reception of Virgil at specific moments in the past two millennia. It focuses on the emperor Augustus in the poetry of Virgil, detects in the poets and grammarians of antiquity pro- and anti-Augustan readings, studies Dryden's 1697 Royalist translation, and also naive American translation. It scrutinizes nineteenth-century philology's rewriting or excision of troubling readings, and covers readings by both supporters and opponents of fascism and National Socialism. Finally it examines how successive ages have made the Aeneid conform to their upbeat expectations of this poet.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2001
First published:	2001
Authors:	Richard F. Thomas
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	346
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-78288-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary theory Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Poetry & poets > General
LSN:	0-521-78288-0
Barcode:	9780521782883

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