The Last Trojan Hero : a Cultural History of Virgil's 'Aeneid' / Philip Hardie.
'I sing of arms and of a man: his fate had made him fugitive: he was the first to journey from the coasts of Troy as far as Italy and the Lavinian shores.' The resonant opening lines of Virgil's 'Aeneid' rank among the most famous and consistently recited verses to have been...
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| Language: | English |
| Published: | London : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd., 2014. ©2014 |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Author biography; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Underworlds; 3. 'La donna è mobile': Versions of Dido; 4. The Many Faces of Aeneas; 5. Empire and Nation; 6. Imperium sine Fine: The Aeneid and Christianity; 7. The Aeneid and New Worlds; 8. Parody and Burlesque; 9. Art and Landscape; Notes; Bibliography; Plates.