Aeneid - Softcover

Virgil; McCrorie, Edward

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ISBN 10: 0472065955 ISBN 13: 9780472065950

Publisher: University of Michigan Press, 1995

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Title: Aeneid <>Binding: Paperback <>Author: Virgil <>Publisher: WORDSWORTH EDITIONS

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"Splendid and vigorous . . . I have rejoiced in your capture of Latinate rhythms, your frequent use of amphibrachs and hendecasyllabics. The poem moves with both grandeur and swift pace. You have done a handsome job."
--Anthony Hecht

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"I think you have done it outstandingly. I like very much the movement and energy of your verse and often I was struck by the unhackneyed and absolute propriety of your renderings."
--Charles Fornara, Brown University

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"I have read [your translation] with great pleasure, finding your lines beautiful, intelligible--and close to Vergil's! Despite the recent spate of Aeneid translations, I think that if your version, which now exists as a work of art, could be produced inexpensively in paperback, it would be a good choice in Classics in Translation courses."
--Deborah Boedecker, Center for Hellenic Studies

--Deborah Boedecker, Center for Hellenic Studies (04/01/1999)

"Your version seemed to me to be not only sound and tasteful but most readable."
--Frank O. Copley, University of Michigan

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"[The whole translation] looks good to me. These are handsome pages. Your introduction also reads well, with its reminder that Virgil was an Italian and its stressing the operative qualities of his work."
--John Frederick Nims

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"It is a delight to note the appearance of a splendid new translation of Virgil's Aeneid by Edward McCrorie . . . a vigorous and intelligent rendering of Virgil's epic in modern idiom . . . the rendering of Aeneas' encouraging words to his men is realistic and vigorous, and the passage is not reduced to a set of famous Virgilian one-liners. The net effect of this style of translation is to maintain the narrative pace of Virgil's excellent story while preserving ambiguities that are often lost when Virgil is translated as a source for quotable quotes. . . . This new translation is also remarkable for its dynamic rendering of great descriptive passages."
--John M. Lawless, Providence College

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"I have been enjoying [your translation's] live diction, its plain nobility of tone, its supple movement and narrative urgency."
--Richard Wilbur

--Richard Wilbur (04/01/1999)

"A brilliant effort."
--Robert Bly

--Robert Bly (04/01/1999)

"I admire the ambition of your project and the generosity of many of your lines."
--Robert Fagles

--Robert Fagles (04/01/1999)

"[A] handsomely published, illustrated, and translated version of Vergil."
--William Arrowsmith, Boston University

--William Arrowsmith, Boston University (04/01/1999)

From the Back Cover:

Called 'the greatest poem by the greatest poet.' Virgil's 'Aeneid' is perhaps the most famous work in Latin literature. It tells the story of Rome's founding by the Trojan prince Aeneas after many years of travel. It contains many of the most famous stories of the Trojan War, while giving insight into the issues and beliefs of the Romans.

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