Author : David Langford
Release : 2002-10-01
Genre : Literary Criticism
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 300/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Complete Critical Assembly by : David Langford
Download or read book Complete Critical Assembly written by David Langford. This book was released on 2002-10-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new collection of essays, commissioned from a range of scholars across the world, takes as its theme the reception of Rome's greatest poet in a time of profound cultural change. Amid the rise of Christianity, the changing status of the city of Rome, and the emergence of new governing classes, Vergil remained a bedrock of Roman education and identity. This volume considers the different ways in which Vergil was read, understood and appropriated; by poets, commentators, Church fathers, orators and historians. The introduction outlines the cultural and historical contexts. Twelve chapters dedicated to individual writers or genres, and the contributors make use of a wide range of approaches from contemporary reception theory. An epilogue concludes the volume.
