Complete Critical Assembly
Author | : David Langford |
Publisher | : Wildside Press LLC |
Total Pages | : 342 |
Release | : 2002-10-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781587153303 |
ISBN-13 | : 1587153300 |
Rating | : 4/5 (03 Downloads) |
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.