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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Nicholas Horsfall (Honorary Professor in Classics and Ancient History, Honorary Professor in Classics and Ancient History, Durham University)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 14.20cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 22.60cm Weight: 0.328kg ISBN: 9780198758877ISBN 10: 0198758871 Pages: 178 Publication Date: 25 February 2016 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsPreface Bibliography 1: To Peel the Artichoke 2: 'Ceaselessly Wrangling in the Bird-Cage of the Muses' 3: Doctus et lector 4: Erudition and Invention 5: The Invention of Myth 6: Inconsistencies 7: Signposts by the Wayside 8: So the Story Goes 9: The Poet as Jackdaw, and the Role of Anachronisms 10: An Epic of Many Voices IndexReviewsThis is a truly extraordinary book, more workshop manual than explicatory text. The more one reads, the more one will find matters to pursue in other texts, or translate, or compare and contrast, or make judgements on, or any combination thereof. Adrian Spooner, Classics for All If you love Virgil's epic, you will want to read this short book ... you will derive both pleasure and learning from the continuing unfolding of Professor Nicholas Horsfall's signal contributions to Virgilian studies. Lee Fratantuono, Bryn Mawr Classical Review Those familiar with Horsfall's scholarship will not be surprised at the astonishing display of learning bursting from this book. The allusions and insights he draws upon are at times dizzying, always thrilling and, for this reader, usually convincing. Andrew M. McClellan, Classical Review This is a truly extraordinary book, more workshop manual than explicatory text. The more one reads, the more one will find matters to pursue in other texts, or translate, or compare and contrast, or make judgements on, or any combination thereof. Adrian Spooner, Classics for All Horsfall's slender book offers a splendid investigation of the manner in which Vergil composed the Aeneid and the manner in which it was received by his audience. Through its richness Epic Distilled raises many questions for future research, such as about variation in Vergil's audience or the effect of the poet's disguising of his inventions, while, at the same time, its numerous examples provide enticing points from which to begin. Horsfall allows us to overhear Vergil's intellectual dialogue with his readers, and it is a conversation that all those interested in the Aeneid, Vergil, or Roman literature and culture will want to join themselves. * Aaron M. Seider, Classical Journal Online * Those familiar with Horsfall's scholarship will not be surprised at the astonishing display of learning bursting from this book. The allusions and insights he draws upon are at times dizzying, always thrilling and, for this reader, usually convincing. * Andrew M. McClellan, Classical Review * If you love Virgil's epic, you will want to read this short book ... you will derive both pleasure and learning from the continuing unfolding of Professor Nicholas Horsfall's signal contributions to Virgilian studies. * Lee Fratantuono, Bryn Mawr Classical Review * This is a truly extraordinary book, more workshop manual than explicatory text. The more one reads, the more one will find matters to pursue in other texts, or translate, or compare and contrast, or make judgements on, or any combination thereof. * Adrian Spooner, Classics for All * Author InformationNicholas Horsfall is Honorary Professor of Classics and Ancient History at Durham University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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