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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Virgil , Len Krisak , Gregson DavisPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press Imprint: University of Pennsylvania Press Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.136kg ISBN: 9780812222173ISBN 10: 0812222172 Pages: 112 Publication Date: 17 December 2012 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction by Gregson Davis Translator's Preface The Eclogues i ii iii iv v vi vii viii ix x NotesReviewsThis is by far the most readable and accessible version of the Eclogues I know, and the most engaging as a poem in its own right. . . . Outstanding. * <i>Bryn Mawr Classical Review</i> * The translations in this volume succeed in achieving the all-important musicality of effect, while sustaining a delicate balance between the pedestrian and the formal, the mundane and the sublime-the style that [Virgil's] fellow poet Horace famously characterized as 'molle atque facetum' ('refined and witty'). * from the Introduction, by Gregson Davis * Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2010 This is by far the most readable and accessible version of the Eclogues I know, and the most engaging as a poem in its own right... Outstanding. -Bryn Mawr Classical Review The translations in this volume succeed in achieving the all-important musicality of effect, while sustaining a delicate balance between the pedestrian and the formal, the mundane and the sublime-the style that [Virgil's] fellow poet Horace famously characterized as 'molle atque facetum' ('refined and witty'). -from the Introduction, by Gregson Davis """This is by far the most readable and accessible version of the Eclogues I know, and the most engaging as a poem in its own right. . . . Outstanding."" * <i>Bryn Mawr Classical Review</i> * ""The translations in this volume succeed in achieving the all-important musicality of effect, while sustaining a delicate balance between the pedestrian and the formal, the mundane and the sublime-the style that [Virgil's] fellow poet Horace famously characterized as 'molle atque facetum' ('refined and witty')."" * from the Introduction, by Gregson Davis *" Author InformationLen Krisak has published several books of poetry and a complete translation of the odes of Horace. He has won several poetry awards, including the Richard Wilbur Prize, the Robert Penn Warren Prize, and the Robert Frost Prize. Gregson Davis is Professor of Classics at New York University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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