Virgil:AeneidBookXII

作者 Virgil著
出版社 CambridgeUniversityPress
出版时间 2012年7月
ISBN 9780521313636
定价 271.70

内容简介

BookXIIbringsVirgil'sAeneidtoaclose,asthelong-delayedsinglecombatbetweenAeneasandTurnusendswithTurnus'death–afinalethatmanyreadersfindmoreunsettlingthantriumphant.Inthis,thefirstdetailedsingle-volumecommentaryonthebookinanylanguage,ProfessorTarrantexploresVirgil'scomplexportrayaloftheopposingchampions,hisuseandtransformationofearlierpoetry(Homer'sinparticular)andhisshapingofthenarrativeinitsfinalphases.Inadditiontothelinguisticandthematiccommentary,thevolumecontainsasubstantialintroductionthatdiscussesthelargerliteraryandhistoricalissuesraisedbythepoem'sconclusion;othersectionsincludeaccountsofVirgil'smetre,latertreatmentsofthebook'seventsinartandmusic,andthetransmissionofthetext.Theeditionisdesignedforupper-levelundergraduatesandgraduatestudentsandwillalsobeofinteresttoscholarsofLatinliterature.

作者简介

RichardTarrantisPopeProfessorofLatinintheDepartmentofClassicsatHarvardUniversity.HehasbeenaVisitingProfessorattheInstituteforAdvancedStudyinPrincetonandaVisitingFellowatCorpusChristiCollege,Oxford.AtHarvardhehasbeenhonoredwiththeLevensonPrizeforundergraduateteaching,aHarvardCollegeProfessorshipandaPhiBetaKappaPrizeforexcellenceinteaching.

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