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Description
In this biography, the eminent classicist Peter Levi uses Virgil's poems, like the Eclogues, Georgics, his epic, The Aeneid, as well as historical and archeological evidence, to discard many of the myths surrounding Virgil's life. In doing so, he uncovers the life of a poet whose powerful imagination and ethereal ability helped shape the epic vision of modern man. Indeed, Virgil's densely written and beautifully complex verse dominated Augustan Rome, the period of unprecedented prosperity, peace, and expansion that inaugurated the Golden Age of Roman poetry. Virgil, in fact, was the one poet who most fully understood the Roman Empire's enduring legacy and through his poetry defined the idea of civilization for generations to come. Although contemporary critics and readers often overlook Virgil's genius, Levi demonstrates that to neglect Virgil is to truncate many of the literary foundations of our culture.
Table of Contents
Introduction
I The Youth of Virgil
II Country Singing
III Virgil's Italy
IV Transformation Scene
V The March of Time
VI Happy Landings
VII Sand
VIII Italian Earth
IX Ashes
Notes
Product details
| Published | 28 Feb 2012 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 272 |
| ISBN | 9781848859043 |
| Imprint | Tauris Parke Paperbacks |
| Dimensions | 198 x 129 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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