Conington's Virgil: Aeneid X - XII
Author | : Virgil |
Publisher | : Liverpool University Press |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 2008 |
ISBN-10 | : 1904675263 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781904675266 |
Rating | : 4/5 (266 Downloads) |
Download or read book Conington's Virgil: Aeneid X - XII written by Virgil and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Conington's 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 Conington's Virgil remained the sine qua non for school and undergraduate students and their teachers; Conington's commentary is remarkably close and uncompromising in its engagement with the detail of Virgil's Latin, as well as its literary sensitivity; it still has much to offer the modern reader. This volume includes Virgil's text and Conington's commentary on Books X-XII, along with Conington's index to Books VII-XII. It also includes Philip Hardie's general assessment of Conington and Anne Rogerson's introduction to Conington's Aeneid.