Virgil and the Augustan reception /

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"This book is an examination of the ideological reception of Virgil at specific moments in the last two millennia. Following Tennyson's evaluation of Virgil - "Thou majestic in thy sadness / at the doubtful doom of human kind"--Richard Thomas first scrutinizes the Virgil traditio...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Thomas, Richard F., 1950-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Subjects:
Virgil > Criticism and interpretation > History.
Augustus, > Emperor of Rome, > 63 B.C.-14 A.D. > In literature.
Augustus, > Emperor of Rome, > 63 B.C.-14 A.D. > Influence.
Virgil > Translations into English > History and criticism.
Virgil > Appreciation > Great Britain.
Virgile > Critique et interprétation > Histoire.
Auguste, > empereur romain, > 63 av. J.-C.-14 > Historiographie.
Virgile > Traductions anglaises > Histoire et critique.
Virgile > Appréciation > Aspect politique.
Augustus, > Emperor of Rome, > 63 B.C.-14 A.D.
Virgil
Virgile, > (0070-0019 av. J.-C.) > Critique et interprétation > Histoire.
Virgile, > (0070-0019 av. J.-C.) > Appréciation.
Latin poetry > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
Latin language > Translating into English.
Latin language.
Latin (Langue)
Auguste, empereur romain, 63 av. J.-C.-14 dans la littérature.
Rome dans la littérature.
Poésie latine > Histoire et critique > Théorie, etc.
Latin (Langue) > Traduction en anglais.
POETRY > Ancient, Classical & Medieval.
Art appreciation
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Latin language > Translating into English
Literature
Receptie.
Latin (langue) > Traduction en anglais.
Rome > In literature.
Great Britain
Rome (Empire)
Rome > Dans la littérature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the critical landscape
  • 1. Virgil and Augustus
  • 2. Virgil and the poets: Horace, Ovid and Lucan
  • 3. Other voices in Servius: schooldust of the ages
  • 4. Dryden's Virgil and the politics of translation
  • 5. Dido and her translators
  • 6. Philology and textual cleansing
  • 7. Virgil in a cold climate: fascist reception
  • 8. Beyond the borders of Eboli: anti-fascist reception
  • 9. Critical and games.

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