The Virgil Encyclopedia, 3 Volume Set

Author:   Richard F. Thomas (Harvard University, USA) ,  Jan M. Ziolkowski (Harvard University, USA)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN:  

9781405154987


Pages:   1600
Publication Date:   29 November 2013
Format:   Hardback
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This is the first comprehensive English langage reference volume on Virgil, a poet whose works and thoughts have been at the center of Western literary, cultural, artistic, and pedagogical traditions for more than two millennia. Complements existing Virgil works by providing readers of all levels an approachable point of entry intry into further Virgil studies Offers in-depth treatment of all aspects of Virgil’s poetry, including the Greek and Roman literary traditions that inform his three great collections, the Eclogues, Georgics and Aeneid, and the reception of Virgil's oeuvre in literature, art, and music down through the ages Brings together over 350 contributors who are leading scholars in various periods of literary and cultural studies Comprises over 2,200 entries organized in A-Z format Winner of the 2017 Alexander G. McKay Book Prize for the best book in Vergilian studies bestowed by The Vergilian Society.  Also available on Wiley Online Library. For sample content and information on online access, visit www.wileyonlinelibrary.com/ref/virgil. 

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Author:   Richard F. Thomas (Harvard University, USA) ,  Jan M. Ziolkowski (Harvard University, USA)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
Dimensions:   Width: 13.70cm , Height: 20.80cm , Length: 27.40cm
Weight:   3.443kg
ISBN:  

9781405154987


ISBN 10:   1405154985
Pages:   1600
Publication Date:   29 November 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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<p> It should be of widespread use well beyond Classics, and would even be suitable for school libraries... The editors more than deliver on their hope to 'contribute, even in a small way, to the continuation of the Virgilian tradition by facilitating the work of those who teach and study it' - Classical Review, Jan. 2015 <p> It is all here, and more; besides, I cannot see t his encyclopedia being even partially superseded for very many years, if at all, which makes it a sound investment for any library. (Reference Reviews, 1 October 2014) <p> This wide-ranging work will be invaluable to anyone interested in Virgil, although its price will make it inaccessible to many. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower-level undergraduates through researchers/faculty. (Choice, 1 May 2014) Their wish is not to provide a comprehensive, self-standing resource so much as a conduit to the 'large and vibrant field of Virgilian studies', both digital and bibliographical, their abmit 'everything of importance that enters into Virgil, that is in Virgil, and that comes out of Virgil into literature, art, and music.' ( Times Literary Supplement, January 2014)


Their wish is not to provide a comprehensive, self-standing resource so much as a conduit to the 'large and vibrant field of Virgilian studies', both digital and bibliographical, their abmit 'everything of importance that enters into Virgil, that is in Virgil, and that comes out of Virgil into literature, art, and music.' ( Times Literary Supplement , January 2014)


Author Information

Richard F. Thomas is George Martin Lane Professor of the Classics at Harvard University. His books include Lands and Peoples in Roman Poetry: The Ethnographical Tradition (1982), a two-volume commentary on Virgil’s Georgics (1988), Reading Virgil and his Texts (1999), Virgil and the Augustan Reception (2001), and a commentary on Horace, Odes 4 and Carmen Saeculare (2011). Jan M. Ziolkowski is Director of Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection in Washington, DC, and Arthur Kingsley Porter Professor of Medieval Latin at Harvard University. His books include Nota Bene: Reading Classics and Writing Songs in the Early Middle Ages (2007); Fairy Tales from Before Fairy Tales: The Medieval Latin Past of Wonderful Lies (2007); The Virgilian Tradition: The First Fifteen Hundred Years, co-edited with Michael C. J. Putnam (2008); and Solomon and Marcolf (2008).

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