Virgil

In this classic study, Brooks Otis presents Virgil as a radically different poet from any of his Greek or Roman predecessors. Virgil molded the ancient epic tradition to his own Roman contemporary aims and succeeded in making mythical and legendary figures meaningful to a sophisticated, unmythical age. Otis begins and ends his study with the Aeneid and includes chapters on the Bucolics and the Georgics. A new foreword by Ward W. Briggs, Jr., places Otis's groundbreaking achievement in the context of past and present Virgilian scholarship.

ISBN	0806127821	Pages	456
ISBN13	9780806127828 (What's this?)	Volumes	1
Publisher	University of Oklahoma Press	Weight (grammes)	503
Imprint	University of Oklahoma Press	Published in	Oklahoma
Format	Paperback	Series ISSN	0020
Publication date	01 Oct 1995	Series title	Oklahoma Series in Classical Culture
Writer of foreword	Ward W. Briggs Jr (Professor of Classics, University of South Carolina, USA)	Height (mm)	216
Library of Congress	PA6825.O8	Width (mm)	139
DEWEY	871.01	Spine width (mm)	25
DEWEY edition	DC21	Academic level	Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly

	Foreword by Ward W. Briggs, Jr.
	List of Abbreviations
I	The Mystery of the Aeneid	1
II	From Homer to Virgil: The Obsolescence of Epic	5
III	The Subjective Style	41
IV	The Young Virgil	98
V	The Georgics	144
VI	The Odyssean Aeneid	215
VII	The Iliadic Aeneid	313
VIII	Conclusion	383
	App. 1 On Chapter II: Literature on Virgil's Literary Background	395
	App. 2 The Historical Epic	396
	App. 3 Apollonius and Theocritus	398
	App. 4 On Chapter III: Literature on Virgil's Style	405
	App. 5 On Chapter IV: Literature on the Bucolics	406
	App. 6 On Chapter V: Literature on the Georgics	407
	App. 7 The Ending of Georgics IV	408
	App. 8 On Chapters VI and VII: Literature on the Aeneid	413
	App. 9 The Composition of the Aeneid	415
	General Index	421
	Texts and Passages discussed	432

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