K w gransden ed (7 risultati)

Condizione: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

1st edition. Ex public library - stamps, bookplate etc., covered in clear adhesive film. Good working copy. Used - Acceptable. Ex-lib paperback Used - Acceptable. Ex-lib paperback.

Softcover. Condizione: Good. First Edition Thus. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Green and yellow card-stock wraps, sunned spine, light rubbing to rear panel, else clean and unmarked of interior. Latin and English languages. Edited and with commentary by K.W. Gransden. 201 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.…

Softcover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition Thus. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. First Edition Thus, being bound in green and yellow card-stock wraps, sunned spine, light rubbing to rear panel, else clean and unmarked of interior. Latin and English languages. Edited and with commentary by K.W. Gransden. 152 pp., with notes, bibliography and index.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.…

Softcover. Condizione: Very Good. Minor shelfwear. Minor rubbing to wraps. 1 corner of wraps creased. Scholar's name to ffep (D. Gerber).; Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics; 212 pages; Book VIII is one of the most attractive and important books of Virgil's Aeneid. It includes the visit of Aaneas to the site of the future Rome, the story of Hercules and Cacus, the episode between Venus and Vulcan and the description of the great symbolic shield of Aeneas. Mr Gransden's introduction relates this book to the Aeneid as a whole considers the text in various aspects: the topography, Virgil's sense of history, his typology and symbolism, his literary style and his influence on subsequent vernacular poetry. The commentary discusses points of special interest and difficulty in interpretation, style and prosody and gives detailed explanation of the many allusions in Book VIII to customs, legends, traditions and historical events. This is primarily a textbook for university students and sixth-formers, but it also contains material which may be of interest to students of English and comparative literature.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Near Fine. Very Minor shelfwear; Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics; 164 pages; Book XI of the Aeneid covers four crucial days in Aeneas' struggle against the Latins. In it, Virgil gives us the funeral of Pallas, the great Latin war-council, Turnus' plan to ambush Aeneas, and the aristeia and death of Camilla. K. W. Gransden sees the second half of the Roman national epic as "Virgil's Iliad." In his introduction and commentary, he relates the themes and structure of Book XI not only to the rest of the Aeneid but also to relevant passages in the Iliad. Gransden shows how, despite his adoption of the epic form, Virgil's style is influenced by Alexandrian miniaturism, Callimachean theory, and the poetry of the neoteroi. In addition to questions of style and interpretation raised in the commentary, there are sections in the introduction covering the Virgilian hexameter and narrative technique.…

Cambridge University Press, 1976. Paperbound. viii-201 p. (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics). A good and clean copy.