Vergil: The Poet's Life (Ancient Lives)

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Synopsis
A biography of Vergil, Rome&’s greatest poet, by the acclaimed translator of the Aeneid The Aeneid stands as a towering work of Classical Roman literature and a gripping dramatization of the best and worst of human nature. In the process of creating this epic poem, Vergil (70–19 BCE) became the world&’s first media celebrity, a living legend. But the real Vergil is a shadowy figure; we know that he was born into a modest rural family, that he led a private and solitary life, and that, in spite of poor health and unusual emotional vulnerabilities, he worked tirelessly to achieve exquisite new effects in verse. Vergil&’s most famous work, the Aeneid, was commissioned by the emperor Augustus, who published the epic despite Vergil&’s dying wish that it be destroyed. Sarah Ruden, widely praised for her translation of the Aeneid, uses evidence from Roman life and history alongside Vergil&’s own writings to make careful deductions to reconstruct his life. Through her intimate knowledge of Vergil&’s work, she brings to life a poet who was committed to creating something astonishingly new and memorable, even at great personal cost.
Copyright:
2023

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
200 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780300274820
Related ISBNs:
9780300256611
Publisher:
Yale University Press
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Sarah Ruden.
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Literature and Fiction, Language Arts
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Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.

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