Virgil: Aeneid Book XII
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Book XII brings Virgil's Aeneid to a close, as the long-delayed single combat between Aeneas and Turnus ends with Turnus' death - a finale that many readers find more unsettling than triumphant. In this, the first detailed single-volume commentary on the book in any language, Professor Tarrant explores Virgil's complex portrayal of the opposing champions, his use and transformation of earlier poetry (Homer's in particular) and his shaping of the narrative in its final phases. In addition to the linguistic…
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Key features
- The first detailed single-volume commentary on the book in any language, with a freshly constituted Latin text
- The introduction and commentary are suitable for use with upper-level undergraduates and graduate students and offer an up-to-date assessment of the book in its broader literary and historical context
- Discusses Virgil's metre, a topic not specifically dealt with in other recent Virgilian commentaries
About the book
- DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511979378
- Series Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics
- Subjects Classical Literature,Classical Studies
- Format: Hardback
- Publication date: 03 September 2012
- ISBN: 9780521308816
- Dimensions (mm): 216 x 138 mm
- Weight: 0.61kg
- Contains: 2 b/w illus.
- Page extent: 374 pages
- Availability: Available
- Format: Paperback
- Publication date: 27 August 2012
- ISBN: 9780521313636
- Dimensions (mm): 216 x 138 mm
- Weight: 0.52kg
- Contains: 2 b/w illus.
- Page extent: 371 pages
- Availability: Available
- Format: Digital
- Publication date: 28 May 2018
- ISBN: 9780511979378
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