Virgil Georgics (Clarendon Paperbacks) - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0198149786 ISBN 13: 9780198149781

Casa editrice: Oxford University Press, USA, 1994

Riassunto

Virgil's Georgics, by common consent one of the greatest poems in western literature, purports to be a didactic poem on agriculture, but its true subject is man and his place in literature and society. It is also a landmark in the use of the natural world as material for literature, and in the history of man's attitude towards his environment. The object of this commentary is to present the poet's meaning and (as far as possible) his choice of expression in the hope of achieving fuller understanding and enjoyment of the poetry.

The volume includes the late Sir Roger's Oxford Classical Text of the Georgics together with apparatus criticus, as well as an appendix of Greek sources. After Mynors's death (in 1989) R. G. M. Nisbet added a short Preface to the Commentary and compiled an index.

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Recensione:

long-awaited commentary ... invaluable (Classical Outlook)

in this great and glowing commentary he has given us a sunlit view of one of the richest poems ever written (David West, The Times)

L'autore:

Virgil was an ancient Roman poet, the author of the Eclogues, the Georgics and the Aeneid, the last being an epic poem of twelve books that became the Roman Empire's national epic. R. A. B. Mynors is at University of Oxford. R. G. M. Nisbet is at University of Oxford.

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• Editore: Oxford University Press, USA
• Data di pubblicazione: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0198149786
• ISBN 13: 9780198149781
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 448
• Redattore: Mynors R. A. B.