Product Description

In this volume Philip Hardie provides an introduction to Virgil's three major works, a survey of changing critical approaches to the poems during the twentieth century, and a bibliographical guide for further study. A final section on style, language and metre offers a case-study in a close reading of a section of the Aeneid. The book communicates a sense of why reading Virgil matters and how the study of this author is always open to new ideas and fresh insights. No knowledge of Latin is presumed.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #669450 in Books
• Published on: 1998-07-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 132 pages

Review
'Successfully communicates a sense of why reading Virgil matters and how the study of this author is always open to new ideas and fresh insights.' Journal of Roman Studies