A Companion to Vergil's Aeneid and its Tradition

Farrell, Joseph / Putnam, Michael C. J. (Editor)

Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World

1. Edition April 2010
584 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd

ISBN: 978-1-4051-7577-7

John Wiley & Sons

Short Description

A Companion to Vergil's Aeneid and its Tradition presents a collection of original interpretive essays by an international team of renowned scholars. Topics covered include Vergil's handling of sources; the history of Vergil reception in literature; and the enduring influence of Vergilian themes in prose, music, and art. The problem of translating the Aeneid into English and other languages is covered, along with a survey of recent translations into non-Western languages and their reception. Thought-provoking and accessible, this book draws out new insights and complexities from the works of a poet whose voice continues to resonate after 2,000 years.

Further versions

A Companion to Vergil's Aeneid and its Tradition presents a collection of original interpretive essays that represent an innovative addition to the body of Vergil scholarship.
* Provides fresh approaches to traditional Vergil scholarship and new insights into unfamiliar aspects of Vergil's textual history
* Features contributions by an international team of the most distinguished scholars
* Represents a distinctively original approach to Vergil scholarship

Contents.

Illustrations.

Notes on Contributors.

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

Note on References.

Introduction.

Part I: The Aeneid in Antiquity.

Part II: Medieval and Renaissance Receptions.

Part III: The Aeneid in Music and the Visual Arts.

Part IV: The American Aeneid.

Part V: Modern Reactions to the Aeneid.

Bibliography.

Index.

Joseph Farrell is Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of several books and papers on Latin literature, including Vergil's Georgics and the Traditions of Ancient Epic (1991), Latin Language and Latin Culture from Ancient to Modern Times (2001), and the forthcoming Juno's Aeneid: Narrative, Metapoetics, Dissent.

Michael C. J. Putnam is MacMillan Professor of Classics and Professor of Comparative Literature, Emeritus, at Brown University. His works include Maffeo Vegio: Short Epics (2004), Poetic Interplay: Catullus and Horace (2006), and The Virgilian Tradition: The First Fifteen Hundred Years (with Jan Ziolkowski, 2008)

J. Farrell, University of Pennsylvania, USA; M. C. J. Putnam, Brown University, USA