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10%OFFJ. Conington - Conington's Virgil: Aeneid I - II (Bristol Phoenix Press - Classic Editions) - 9781904675235 - V9781904675235
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Conington's Virgil: Aeneid I - II (Bristol Phoenix Press - Classic Editions)

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Description for Conington's Virgil: Aeneid I - II (Bristol Phoenix Press - Classic Editions) Paperback. Includes Conington's general introduction to Virgil, his introduction to the Aeneid, his introduction to Books I -VI, Virgil's text and Conington's commentary to Books I-II. Editor(s): Conington, John. Series: Bristol Phoenix Press Classic Editions. Num Pages: 278 pages, 2-colour covers. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
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 Conington's general ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Bristol Phoenix Press Classic Editions
Condition
New
Weight
339g
Number of Pages
278
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781904675235
SKU
V9781904675235
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About J. Conington
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 Virgil's Aeneid: Cosmos and Imperium (1986), Virgil's Epic Successors (1993) and Ovid's Poetics of Illusion (2002). Brian W. Breed is Assistant Professor of Classics in the University of Massachusetts, Amherst; he ... Read more

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