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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
On discovery On discovery Polydore Vergil "The Italian humanist Polydore Vergil (1470-1555) was born in Urbino but spent most of his life in early Tudor England. His most popular work, On Discovery (De inventoribus rerum, 1499), was the firs… OL11818727W
Dichtkunst Virgils Dichtkunst Virgils Pöschl, Viktor. In a discussion in which a comparison of Vergil and Homer becomes the pivot of criticism, the author analyzes basic themes, outlines the Vergilian structure, and indicates the way in which the charac… OL1461270W
Patterns of redemption in Virgil's Georgics Patterns of redemption in Virgil's Georgics Llewelyn Morgan x, 255 p. ; 23 cm OL1978049W
The singer of the Eclogues The singer of the Eclogues Paul J. Alpers Includes parallel Latin text and English translation of Virgil's 'Eclogues. OL2953529W
Virgil and the Augustan reception Virgil and the Augustan reception Richard F. Thomas This book is an examination of the ideological reception of Virgil at specific moments in the last two millennia. The author focuses on the emperor Augustus in the poetry of Virgil, detects in the po… OL461956W
King of the Wood King of the Wood Julia T. Dyson "In King of the Wood, Julia T. Dyson offers a radical reinterpretation of Virgil's Aeneid. She persuasively argues that Aeneas' final sacrifice of Turnus, which has perpetually troubled readers, is d… OL6210389W
The altar and the city The altar and the city Mario A. Di Cesare xii, 278 p. 23 cm OL6702144W
Virgil on the Nature of Things Virgil on the Nature of Things Monica R. Gale The Georgics has for many years been a source of fierce controversy among scholars of Latin literature. Is the work optimistic or pessimistic, pro- or anti-Augustan? Should we read it as a eulogy or … OL8306345W