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Oxford Readings in Vergil's Aeneid S. J. Harrison (Fellow and Tutor in Classics, Fellow and Tutor in Classics, Corpus Christi College, Oxford)

Oxford Readings in Vergil's Aeneid By S. J. Harrison (Fellow and Tutor in Classics, Fellow and Tutor in Classics, Corpus Christi College, Oxford)

Summary

A supplement to standard reading for undergraduate courses in ancient epic poetry, and Vergil in particular. Especial attention has been paid to include useful essays from sources which are rare, out of print, or otherwise difficult to obtain, although care has also been taken to include material which is regularly specified on reading lists.

Oxford Readings in Vergil's Aeneid Summary

Oxford Readings in Vergil's Aeneid by S. J. Harrison (Fellow and Tutor in Classics, Fellow and Tutor in Classics, Corpus Christi College, Oxford)

This collection of essays provides a number of recent and classic papers on Vergil's "Aeneid" covering a wide range of topics. It is intended to be a supplement to standard reading for undergraduate courses in ancient epic poetry, and Vergil in particular. Special attention has been paid to including useful essays from sources which are rare, out of print, or otherwise difficult to obtain, although care has also been taken to include material which is regularly specified on reading lists. The essays presented here are all in English, but Dr. Harrison has attempted to maintain a broad overview of 20th century Vergilian criticisms. Work in other languages is mentioned in his introduciton, which is a general survey of literature on the "Aenied" since 1900, and contains much additional bibliographical material.

Oxford Readings in Vergil's Aeneid Reviews

`has the benefit of a lucid and well-balanced introductory survey by Stephen Harrison ... All the pieces in it are worth reading.' Greece and Rome
'all readers will learn much from H. ... Readers already familiar with H.'s work will expect meticulous scholarship and close attention to detail; they will not be disappointed. The introduction is written in a commendably clear style and is a model of common sense.' D.E. Hill, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, The Classical Review, Volume XLIII, No. 2, 1993
'Dr. S.J. Harrison ... has given us the most ambitious of this "series", and he is to be congratulated for the great detail of lexicographical, historical, geographical, ethnographical, and other material here presented. This is a book that all Virgilian scholars will need to own and consult, on any of these points, and also for what it can teach them about general Latin usage.' Vergilius, Volume 38

Table of Contents

Some views of the "Aeneid" in the Twentieth century, S.J.Harrison; the purpose of the "Aeneid", R.D.Williams; the pictures on Dido's temple ("Aeneid" 1.450-93), R.D.Williams; divine action in "Aeneid" book 2, E.L.Harrison; Servius and the Helen episode, G.P.Goold; Dido in the light of history, N.M.Horsfall; Dido's culpa, Niall Rudd; the taciturnity of "Aeneid", R.D.Williams; the world of the dead in book 6 of the "Aeneid", Friedrich Solmsen; the bough and the gate, D.A.West; Vergil's second "Iliad", W.S.Anderson; some aspects of the structure of "Aeneid" 7, Eduard Fraenkel; Hercules in the Aeneid, G.K.Galinsky; cernere erat - the Shield of Aeneas, D.A.West; numanus remulus - ethnography and propaganda in "Aeneid" 9.598ff, N.M.Horsfall; Vergil and the politics of war, R.O.A.M.Lyne; the reconcilliations of Juno, D.C.Feeney; Aeneas and the stoic ideal, C.M.Bowra; "Aeneas Imperator" - Roman generalship in an epic context, R.G.M.Nisbet; Vergil's "Aeneid" and Homer, G.N.Knauer; the language of Horace and Vergil, L.P.Wilkinson; multiple-correspondence similes in the "Aeneid", D.A.West; cleverness in Vergilian imitation, E.L.Harrison; anti-antiquarianism in the "Aeneid", F.H.Sandbach; Vergil and the conquest of chaos, N.M.Horsfall.

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GOR005401745
9780198143888
0198143885
Oxford Readings in Vergil's Aeneid by S. J. Harrison (Fellow and Tutor in Classics, Fellow and Tutor in Classics, Corpus Christi College, Oxford)
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