Vergil in Russia
Subtitle: National Identity and Classical Reception
Publisher: Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780199689484
Subjects: Virgil; Russian literature, history and criticism; National characteristics in literature
Description: The Russian reception of the greatest Roman poet, Vergil, provided Russian thinkers with a way in which to define Russian-European features. This volume looks to uncover the nature of Russian reception of Vergil, and argues that the best way to analyse his presence in Russian letters is to view it in the context of the formation and development of Russian national and literary identity.