The Virgil Encyclopedia, 3 Volume Set
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-1-4051-5498-7 (ISBN)
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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.
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).
List of Entries viii
List of Illustrations xxxi
Contributors xxxvi
Preface lxv
Notes to the Reader lxviii
Acknowledgments lxxi
Acknowledgments for Illustrations lxxii
Abbreviations lxxiii
Volume I The Virgil Encyclopedia A–E 1–468
Volume II The Virgil Encyclopedia F–Pe 469–994
Volume III The Virgil Encyclopedia Ph–Z 995–1410
Stylistic Terms Appendix 1411
Timeline 1419
Index of Virgil Citations 1431
General Index 1447
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 29.11.2013 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Hoboken |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 137 x 274 mm |
| Gewicht | 3443 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Latein / Altgriechisch | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4051-5498-5 / 1405154985 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4051-5498-7 / 9781405154987 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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