The Other Virgil
Author | : Craig Kallendorf |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 2007-10-18 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015073903398 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (98 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Other Virgil written by Craig Kallendorf and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2007-10-18 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of how the Aeneid has been approached by various postclassical authors - including Shakespeare and Milton - not as an endorsement of the ideals of their societies, but as a model for poems that probed and challenged dominant values, just as Virgil himself had done centuries before.