| #553336 in Books | Cambridge University Press | 1977-05-27 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 7.32 x.71 x4.84l,.74 | File type: PDF | 312 pages | ||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| A superb and revivifying translation|By Glenn J. Shea|The Eclogues and the Georgics of Virgil are the great fonts of example (out of Theocritus and Hesiod) for the tradition of pastoral, and have a long reach of influence in European and English literature. (And art: from medieval illumination and the Romanesque decorations of San Isidoro in Leon to the works of Blake, Palmer||' ... Coleman's edition, interpretative notes, and analyses are obviously the product of scrupulous scholarship and imaginative reflection. His commentary is an elegant, flexible synthesis designed for students who cherish clarity, enlightened argument, and fr
Pastoral poetry was probably the creation of the Hellenistic poet Theocritus, and he was certainly its most distinguished exponent in Greek. Vergil not only transposed the spirit of Greek pastoral into an Italian setting, blending details from the life of his native countryside into the subsequent history of the genre. On publication the Eclogues won immediate acclaim and Vergil's reputation as a major poet was established. In this edition Robert Coleman describes the ea...
You easily download any file type for your gadget.Virgil: Eclogues (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics) | Virgil. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.
