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Plagiarism in Latin Literature (Hardcover, New): Scott McGill Plagiarism in Latin Literature (Hardcover, New)
Scott McGill
R2,821 Discovery Miles 28 210 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In response to critics who charged him with plagiarism, Virgil is said to have responded that it was easier to steal Hercules' club than a line from Homer. This was to deny the allegations by implying that Virgil was no plagiarist at all, but an author who had done the hard work of making Homer's material his own. Several other texts and passages in Latin literature provide further evidence for accusations and denials of plagiarism. Plagiarism in Latin Literature explores important questions such as, how do Roman writers and speakers define the practice? And how do the accusations and denials function? Scott McGill moves between varied sources, including Terence, Martial, Seneca the Elder and Macrobius' Virgil criticism to explore these questions. In the process, he offers new insights into the history of plagiarism and related issues, including Roman notions of literary property, authorship and textual reuse.

Juvencus' Four Books of the Gospels - Evangeliorum Libri Quattuor (Hardcover): Scott McGill Juvencus' Four Books of the Gospels - Evangeliorum Libri Quattuor (Hardcover)
Scott McGill
R3,572 Discovery Miles 35 720 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Juvencus' Evangeliorum libri IV, or "The Four Books of the Gospels," is a verse rendering of the gospel narrative written ca. 330 CE. Consisting of around 3200 hexameter lines, it is the first of the Latin "Biblical epics" to appear in antiquity, and the first classicizing, hexameter poem on a Christian topic to appear in the western tradition. As such, it is an important text in literary and cultural history. This is the first English translation of the entire poem. The lack of a full English translation has kept many scholars and students, particularly those outside of Classics, and many educated general readers from discovering it. With a thorough introduction to aid in the interpretation and appreciation of the text this clear and accessible English translation will enable a clearer understanding of the importance of Juvencus' work to later Latin poetry and to the early Church.

Virgil Recomposed - The Mythological and Secular Centos in Antiquity (Hardcover, New): Scott McGill Virgil Recomposed - The Mythological and Secular Centos in Antiquity (Hardcover, New)
Scott McGill
R4,753 Discovery Miles 47 530 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Virgilian centos anticipate the avant-garde and smash the image of a staid, sober, and centered classical world. This book examines the twelve mythological and secular Virgilian centos that survive from antiquity. The centos, in which authors take non-consecutive lines or segments of lines from the Eclogues, Georgics, and Aeneid and reconnect them to produce new poems, have received limited attention. No other book-length study exists of all the centos, which date from ca. 200 to ca. 530.
The centos are literary games, and they have a playful shock value that feels very modern. Yet the texts also demand to be taken seriously for what they disclose about late antique literary culture, Virgil's reception, and several important topics in Latin literature and literary studies generally. As radically intertextual works, the centos are particularly valuable sites for pursuing inquiry into allusion. Scrutinizing the peculiarities of the texts' allusive engagements with Virgil requires clarification of the roles of the author and the reader in allusion, the criteria for determining what constitutes an allusion, and the different functions allusion can have. By investigating the centos from these different perspectives and asking what they reveal about a wide range of weighty subjects, this book comes into dialogue with major topics and studies in Latin literature.

Juvencus' Four Books of the Gospels - Evangeliorum Libri Quattuor (Paperback): Scott McGill Juvencus' Four Books of the Gospels - Evangeliorum Libri Quattuor (Paperback)
Scott McGill
R1,267 Discovery Miles 12 670 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Juvencus' Evangeliorum libri IV, or "The Four Books of the Gospels," is a verse rendering of the gospel narrative written ca. 330 CE. Consisting of around 3200 hexameter lines, it is the first of the Latin "Biblical epics" to appear in antiquity, and the first classicizing, hexameter poem on a Christian topic to appear in the western tradition. As such, it is an important text in literary and cultural history. This is the first English translation of the entire poem. The lack of a full English translation has kept many scholars and students, particularly those outside of Classics, and many educated general readers from discovering it. With a thorough introduction to aid in the interpretation and appreciation of the text this clear and accessible English translation will enable a clearer understanding of the importance of Juvencus' work to later Latin poetry and to the early Church.

Virgil: Aeneid Book XI (Paperback): Scott McGill Virgil: Aeneid Book XI (Paperback)
Scott McGill
R822 Discovery Miles 8 220 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Virgil's Aeneid XI is an important, yet sometimes overlooked, book which covers the funerals following the fierce fighting in Book X and a council of the Latins before they and the Trojans resume battle after the end of the truce. This edition contains a thorough Introduction which provides context for Book XI both within and beyond the rest of the poem, explores key characters such as Aeneas and Camilla, and deals with issues of metre and textual transmission. The line-by-line Commentary will be indispensable for students and instructors wishing to enhance their understanding of the poem and especially of Virgil's language and syntax. Accessible and comprehensive, the volume will help readers to appreciate features of Virgilian style as well as deepening their engagement with the content and themes of the Aeneid as a whole.

Plagiarism in Latin Literature (Paperback): Scott McGill Plagiarism in Latin Literature (Paperback)
Scott McGill
R1,029 Discovery Miles 10 290 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In response to critics who charged him with plagiarism, Virgil is said to have responded that it was easier to steal Hercules' club than a line from Homer. This was to deny the allegations by implying that Virgil was no plagiarist at all, but an author who had done the hard work of making Homer's material his own. Several other texts and passages in Latin literature provide further evidence for accusations and denials of plagiarism. Plagiarism in Latin Literature explores important questions such as, how do Roman writers and speakers define the practice? And how do the accusations and denials function? Scott McGill moves between varied sources, including Terence, Martial, Seneca the Elder and Macrobius' Virgil criticism to explore these questions. In the process, he offers new insights into the history of plagiarism and related issues, including Roman notions of literary property, authorship and textual reuse.

From the Tetrarchs to the Theodosians - Later Roman History and Culture, 284-450 CE (Hardcover, New): Scott McGill, Cristiana... From the Tetrarchs to the Theodosians - Later Roman History and Culture, 284-450 CE (Hardcover, New)
Scott McGill, Cristiana Sogno, Edward Watts
R2,834 Discovery Miles 28 340 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

An integrated collection of essays examining the politics, social networks, law, historiography, and literature of the later Roman world. The volume treats three central themes: the first section looks at political and social developments across the period and argues that, in spite of the stress placed upon traditional social structures, many elements of Roman life remained only slightly changed. The second section focuses upon biographical texts and shows how late-antique authors adapted traditional modes of discourse to new conditions. The final section explores the first years of the reign of Theodosius I and shows how he built upon historical foundations while unfurling new methods for utilising, presenting, and commemorating imperial power. These papers analyse specific events and local developments to highlight examples of both change and continuity in the Roman world from 284-450.

Forgery Beyond Deceit - Fabrication, Value, and the Desire for Ancient Rome (Hardcover): John North Hopkins, Scott McGill Forgery Beyond Deceit - Fabrication, Value, and the Desire for Ancient Rome (Hardcover)
John North Hopkins, Scott McGill
R3,148 Discovery Miles 31 480 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

What do forgeries do? Forgery Beyond Deceit: Fabrication, Value, and the Desire for Ancient Rome explores that question with a focus on forgery in ancient Rome and of ancient Rome. Its chapters reach from antiquity to the twentieth century and cover literature and art, the two areas that predominate in forgery studies, as well as the forgery of physical books, coins, and religious relics. The book examines the cultural, historical, and rhetorical functions of forgery that extend beyond the desire to deceive and profit. It analyses forgery in connection with related phenomena like pseudepigraphy, fakes, and copies; and it investigates the aesthetic and historical value that forgeries possess when scholarship takes seriously their form, content, and varied uses within and across cultures. Of particular interest is the way that forgeries embody a desire for the ancient and for the recovery of the fragmentary past of ancient Rome.

Virgil: Aeneid Book XI (Hardcover): Scott McGill Virgil: Aeneid Book XI (Hardcover)
Scott McGill
R2,371 Discovery Miles 23 710 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Virgil's Aeneid XI is an important, yet sometimes overlooked, book which covers the funerals following the fierce fighting in Book X and a council of the Latins before they and the Trojans resume battle after the end of the truce. This edition contains a thorough Introduction which provides context for Book XI both within and beyond the rest of the poem, explores key characters such as Aeneas and Camilla, and deals with issues of metre and textual transmission. The line-by-line Commentary will be indispensable for students and instructors wishing to enhance their understanding of the poem and especially of Virgil's language and syntax. Accessible and comprehensive, the volume will help readers to appreciate features of Virgilian style as well as deepening their engagement with the content and themes of the Aeneid as a whole.

Nova Musica Compendium - Jazz Guitar Studies with Dennis Sandole (Paperback): Scott McGill Nova Musica Compendium - Jazz Guitar Studies with Dennis Sandole (Paperback)
Scott McGill; Contributions by Kirill Ildyukov
R883 Discovery Miles 8 830 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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