Virgil: A Study in Civilized Poetry (Volume 20) (Oklahoma Series in Classical Culture) - Softcover

Otis, Brooks

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0806127821 ISBN 13: 9780806127828

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press, 1995

Synopsis

In this classic study, Brooks Otis presents Virgil as a radically different poet from any of his Greek or Roman predecessors. Virgil molded the ancient epic tradition to his own Roman contemporary aims and succeeded in making mythical and legendary figures meaningful to a sophisticated, unmythical age. Otis begins and ends his study with the Aeneid and includes chapters on the Bucolics and the Georgics. A new foreword by Ward W. Briggs, Jr., places Otis’s groundbreaking achievement in the context of past and present Virgilian scholarship.

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About the Author

Brooks Otis was Professor of Classics at Stanford University (later Professor of Latin at the University of North Carolina) and the author of Ovid As an Epic Poet and Cosmos and Tragedy.

From the Back Cover

In this classic study, Brooks Otis presents Virgil as a radically different poet from any of his Greek or Roman predecessors. Virgil molded the ancient epic tradition to his own Roman contemporary aims and succeeded in making mythical and legendary figures meaningful to a sophisticated, unmythical age. Otis begins and ends his study with the Aeneid and includes chapters on the Bucolics and the Georgics. A new foreword by Ward W. Briggs, Jr., places Otis's groundbreaking achievement in the context of past and present Virgilian scholarship.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0806127821
• ISBN 13: 9780806127828
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 462