Vergil - The Poet's Life

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.

General

Imprint:	Yale University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Ancient Lives
Release date:	July 2023
Authors:	Sarah Ruden
Dimensions:	216 x 140mm (L x W)
Pages:	200
ISBN-13:	978-0-300-25661-1
Categories:	Books
LSN:	0-300-25661-2
Barcode:	9780300256611

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