Description
A study of the key aspects of Virgil's poems through his reception in English showing how modern literature can serve as a critical lens with which to explore classical texts.
About the Author
Juan Christian Pellicer is Professor of English at the University of Oslo, Norway. He has published numerous articles and chapters on classical reception, the literary traditions of pastoral and georgic, and eighteenth-century English poetry.
Reviews
Pellicer's questioning attentiveness and imaginative judgements do, indeed, result, as his final sentence hopes for this book, in reading as a pleasure in all its dimensions. * The Classical Review *
This is a book to read and re-read, which will deliver fresh revelations at each re-encounter. * Translation and Literature *
Reading backwards through time from modern to ancient, Juan Christian Pellicer gives us extraordinarily sensitive readings of Wordsworth and Auden, Stoppard and Heaney, which in turn sensitize us to subtleties in Virgil's poetry. Preposterous Virgil is not only a contribution to our understanding of classical and English literature, but an elegant demonstration of their interdependence and mutual illumination. -- John Talbot, Associate Professor of English, Brigham Young University, USA
Book Information
ISBN 9781848856523
Author Professor Juan Christian Pellicer
Format Paperback
Page Count 240
Imprint I.B. Tauris
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 366g