Virgil: Georgics: Volume 2, Books III-IV (Paperback, Volume 2, Books III-IV)

These two volumes provide a commentary, with text, on Virgil's Georgics, a poem in four books probably written between 35 and 29 BC. The introduction, in Volume 1, treats the poem's historical background and its relationship to the early years of Augustan Rome, Virgil's use of prior literary material, his stylistic and metrical expertise, and questions of poetic structure. There is also a section interpreting the poem in light of recent scholarship, which seeks to consider the poem as part of the broad unity of Virgil's career, rather than from a narrow didactic approach. A new Latin text of the poem is followed by extensive line-by-line commentary, explaining difficult passages, interpreting poetic intent, and tracing the influence of Virgil's Greek and Roman antecedents. A subject index and indexes of important Greek and Latin words conclude each volume.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics
Release date:	August 1988
First published:	1988
Authors:	Virgil
Editors:	Richard F. Thomas
Dimensions:	185 x 122 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	264
Edition:	Volume 2, Books III-IV
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-34678-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Poetry texts & anthologies > General
LSN:	0-521-34678-9
Barcode:	9780521346788

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