The Virgilian Tradition
Subtitle: The First Fifteen Hundred Years
Contributors: Jan M. Ziolkowski (Editor); Michael C. J. Putnam (Editor)
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: March 28, 2008
Language: eng; lat
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 1128
ISBN-13: 9780300108224
Subjects: Poetry & poets: classical, early & medieval; History; History - General History; Latin; History: World; General; History / General; Criticism and interpretation; History and criticism; In literature; Latin poetry; Rome; Theory, etc; Virgil
Description: "This indispensable anthology gathers texts and translations that cover major aspects of the Virgilian tradition from the Roman poet's own lifetime to the year 1500. Unprecedented in scope, the book presents a vast compendium of materials that illuminate how poets, teachers, students, and common folk responded to Virgil and his poetry. The volume offers a brief commentary on each text, many of which are translated into English for the first time"--