Conington's Virgil: Aeneid III - VI: Aeneid Books III-VI (Bristol Phoenix Press Classic Editions) - Softcover

J. Conington|Philip R. Hardie|Anne Rogerson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1904675247 ISBN 13: 9781904675242

Publisher: Liverpool University Press, 2008

Synopsis

John Coningtons three-volume edition of The Works of Virgil, begun in 1852, has long been unavailable except in rare second-hand sets. The whole work is now being reissued in six affordable paperbacks, with new introductions setting the commentary in its context. Well into the twentieth century Coningtons Virgil remained the sine qua non for school and undergraduate students and their teachers; Coningtons commentary is remarkably close and uncompromising in its engagement with the detail of Virgils Latin, as well as its literary sensitivity; it still has much to offer the modern reader.

About this title

Synopsis

The three-volume edition of "The Works of Virgil", begun by Conington in 1852, has long been unavailable except in rare second-hand sets. The whole work is now being reissued in six affordable paperbacks, with new introductions setting the commentary in context. Well into the twentieth century, "Conington's Virgil" remained invaluable to school and undergraduate students and their teachers; it still has much to offer the modern reader. His commentary is remarkably close and uncompromising in its engagement with "Virgil's Latin", as well as its literary sensitivity. This work includes Virgil's text and Conington's commentary on "Books III-VI", along with Conington's index to "Books I-VI". It also includes Philip Hardie's general assessment of Conington and Anne Rogerson's introduction to "Conington's Aeneid".

About the Author

John Conington was Corpus Christi Professor of Latin in Oxford.|Philip Hardie is a Senior Research Fellow and Honorary Professor of Latin at Trinity College, Cambridge, and author of Virgils Aeneid: Cosmos and Imperium (1986), Virgils Epic Successors (1993) and Ovids Poetics of Illusion (2002).|Anne Rogerson has her doctorate on the Aeneid from the University of Cambridge and is author of several articles on the epic; she is Wrigley Fellow and College Lecturer in Classics at Cambridge.

About this edition

• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1904675247
• ISBN 13: 9781904675242
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448