Virgil, a study in civilized poetry
By: by Brooks Otis ; foreword by Ward A. Briggs, Jr.
Edition: Oklahoma paperbacks ed.
Series: Oklahoma series in classical culture ;; v. 20
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Norman
Language: eng
Number of pages: 436
Subjects: Virgil -- Criticism and interpretation.; Latin poetry -- History and criticism.; Rome -- In literature.; Rome -- Civilization.
Description: In this classic study, Brooks Otis presents Virgil as a radically different poet from any of his Greek or Roman predecessors. Virgil molded the ancient epic tradition to his own Roman contemporary aims and succeeded in making mythical and legendary figures meaningful to a sophisticated, unmythical age. Otis begins and ends his study with the Aeneid and includes chapters on the Bucolics and the Georgics. A new foreword by Ward W.

Briggs, Jr., places Otis's groundbreaking achievement in the context of past and present Virgilian scholarship.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Originally published: Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1964.