The Cambridge Companion to Virgil
The Cambridge Companion to Virgil

Author: Charles Martindale

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1997-10-02

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13: 9780521498852

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Virgil became a school author in his own lifetime and the centre of the Western canon for the next 1800 years, exerting a major influence on European literature, art, and politics. This Companion is designed as an indispensable guide for anyone seeking a fuller understanding of an author critical to so many disciplines. It consists of essays by seventeen scholars from Britain, the USA, Ireland and Italy which offer a range of different perspectives both traditional and innovative on Virgil's works, and a renewed sense of why Virgil matters today. The Companion is divided into four main sections, focussing on reception, genre, context, and form. This ground-breaking book not only provides a wealth of material for an informed reading but also offers sophisticated insights which point to the shape of Virgilian scholarship and criticism to come.

The Cambridge Companion to Virgil
The Cambridge Companion to Virgil

Author: Charles Martindale

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1997-10-02

Total Pages: 351

ISBN-13: 1107493838

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Virgil became a school author in his own lifetime and the centre of the Western canon for the next 1800 years, exerting a major influence on European literature, art, and politics. This Companion is designed as an indispensable guide for anyone seeking a fuller understanding of an author critical to so many disciplines. It consists of essays by seventeen scholars from Britain, the USA, Ireland and Italy which offer a range of different perspectives both traditional and innovative on Virgil's works, and a renewed sense of why Virgil matters today. The Companion is divided into four main sections, focussing on reception, genre, context, and form. This ground-breaking book not only provides a wealth of material for an informed reading but also offers sophisticated insights which point to the shape of Virgilian scholarship and criticism to come.

The Cambridge Companion to the Epic
The Cambridge Companion to the Epic

Author: Catherine Bates

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2010-04-22

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 1139828274

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Every great civilisation from the Bronze Age to the present day has produced epic poems. Epic poetry has always had a profound influence on other literary genres, including its own parody in the form of mock-epic. This Companion surveys over four thousand years of epic poetry from the Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh to Derek Walcott's postcolonial Omeros. The list of epic poets analysed here includes some of the greatest writers in literary history in Europe and beyond: Homer, Virgil, Dante, Camões, Spenser, Milton, Wordsworth, Keats and Pound, among others. Each essay, by an expert in the field, pays close attention to the way these writers have intimately influenced one another to form a distinctive and cross-cultural literary tradition. Unique in its coverage of the vast scope of that tradition, this book is an essential companion for students of literature of all kinds and in all ages.

The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Augustus
The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Augustus

Author: Karl Galinsky

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2005-09-12

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13: 1107494567

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The age of Augustus, commonly dated to 30 BC – AD 14, was a pivotal period in world history. A time of tremendous change in Rome, Italy, and throughout the Mediterranean world, many developments were underway when Augustus took charge and a recurring theme is the role that he played in shaping their direction. The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Augustus captures the dynamics and richness of this era by examining important aspects of political and social history, religion, literature, and art and architecture. The sixteen essays, written by distinguished specialists from the United States and Europe, explore the multi-faceted character of the period and the interconnections between social, religious, political, literary, and artistic developments. Introducing the reader to many of the central issues of the Age of Augustus, the essays also break new ground and will stimulate further research and discussion.

A Companion to Vergil's Aeneid and its Tradition
A Companion to Vergil's Aeneid and its Tradition

Author: Joseph Farrell

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2010-03-16

Total Pages: 584

ISBN-13: 9781444318067

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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

The Cambridge Companion to Ovid
The Cambridge Companion to Ovid

Author: Philip R. Hardie

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2002-05-02

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13: 9780521775281

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Ovid was one of the greatest writers of classical antiquity, and arguably the single most influential ancient poet for post-classical literature and culture. In this Cambridge Companion, chapters by leading authorities from Europe and North America discuss the backgrounds and contexts for Ovid, the individual works, and his influence on later literature and art. Coverage of essential information is combined with exciting critical approaches. This Companion is designed both as an accessible handbook for the general reader who wishes to learn about Ovid, and as a series of stimulating essays for students of Latin poetry and of the classical tradition.

The Cambridge Companion to Dante
The Cambridge Companion to Dante

Author: Rachel Jacoff

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2007-02-15

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 0521844304

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A fully updated 2007 edition of this useful and accessible coursebook on Dante's works, context and reception history.

The Cambridge Companion to the Beatles
The Cambridge Companion to the Beatles

Author: Kenneth Womack

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2009-11-12

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 1139828061

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From Please Please Me to Abbey Road, this collection of essays tells the fascinating story of the Beatles – the creation of the band, their musical influences, and their cultural significance, with emphasis on their genesis and practices as musicians, songwriters, and recording artists. Through detailed biographical and album analyses, the book uncovers the background of each band member and provides expansive readings of the band's music. • Traces the group's creative output from their earliest recordings through their career • Pays particular attention to the social and historical factors which contributed to the creation of the band • Investigates the Beatles' unique enduring musical legacy and cultural power • Clearly organized into three sections, covering Background, Works, and History and Influence, the Companion is ideal for course usage, and is also a must-read for all Beatles fans

The Cambridge Companion to Lucretius
The Cambridge Companion to Lucretius

Author: Stuart Gillespie

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2007-10-18

Total Pages: 612

ISBN-13: 1139827529

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Lucretius' didactic poem De rerum natura ('On the Nature of Things') is an impassioned and visionary presentation of the materialist philosophy of Epicurus, and one of the most powerful poetic texts of antiquity. After its rediscovery in 1417 it became a controversial and seminal work in successive phases of literary history, the history of science, and the Enlightenment. In this 2007 Cambridge Companion experts in the history of literature, philosophy and science discuss the poem in its ancient contexts and in its reception both as a literary text and as a vehicle for progressive ideas. The Companion is designed both as an accessible handbook for the general reader who wishes to learn about Lucretius, and as a series of stimulating essays for students of classical antiquity and its reception. It is completely accessible to the reader who has only read Lucretius in translation.

The Cambridge Companion to Robert Frost
The Cambridge Companion to Robert Frost

Author: Robert Faggen

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2001-06-14

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9780521634946

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A collection of specially-commissioned essays, enabling readers to explore Frost's art and thought.