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The poetry of Pathos : studies in Virgilian epic /
A collection of essays on Virgil's Aeneid by a celebrated scholar and interpreter of Latin poetry. Gian Biaggio Conte focuses on the way in which Virgil reworks earlier poetry (especially that of Homer) to create a new and effective mode of epic in a period when the genre appeared to be debased...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés Italiano |
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Oxford, UK ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2007.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | A collection of essays on Virgil's Aeneid by a celebrated scholar and interpreter of Latin poetry. Gian Biaggio Conte focuses on the way in which Virgil reworks earlier poetry (especially that of Homer) to create a new and effective mode of epic in a period when the genre appeared to be debased or exhausted. - ;This volume presents a collection of pieces from a celebrated world-class scholar and interpreter of Latin poetry, focusing on the interpretation of Virgil's Aeneid. It forms the sequel to two widely influential earlier books on Virgil by the same author and translates and adds to a co. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (250 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-243) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780191536892 019153689X 9780191713262 0191713260 9786611154455 6611154450 1281154458 9781281154453 |