The Aeneid of Virgil, 35th Anniversary Edition
| AUTHOR | Virgil; Mandelbaum, Allen; Mandelbaum, Allen et al. |
| PUBLISHER | University of California Press (09/03/2007) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Paperback (Paperback) |
Description
This deluxe edition of Virgil's epic poems, recounting the wanderings of Aeneas and his companions after the fall of Troy, contains an introduction by Allen Mandelbaum and fourteen powerful renderings created by Barry Moser to illustrate this volume.
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Product Format
Product Details
ISBN-13:
9780520254152
ISBN-10:
0520254155
Binding:
Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language:
English
Edition Number:
0035
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Page Count:
432
Carton Quantity:
20
Product Dimensions:
6.10 x 1.10 x 9.10 inches
Weight:
1.30 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Bibliography,
Price on Product,
Table of Contents,
Glossary,
Illustrated
Country of Origin:
US
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Poetry | Ancient & Classical
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level:
0
Point Value:
0
Guided Reading Level:
Not Applicable
Dewey Decimal:
873.01
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
jacket back
"A brilliant translation; the only one since Dryden which reads like English verse and conveys some of the majesty and pathos of the original."--Bernard M. W. Knox
"Mandelbaum has . . . given us a contemporary experience of the masterpiece, at last."--David Ignatow
"The book has a wonderful, detailed liveliness in every line."--Robert Fagles
"Comes closer to the impossible goal of perfection than any of the numerous efforts that have poured out of American and British presses since World War II."--William S. Anderson
"Mandelbaum has . . . given us a contemporary experience of the masterpiece, at last."--David Ignatow
"The book has a wonderful, detailed liveliness in every line."--Robert Fagles
"Comes closer to the impossible goal of perfection than any of the numerous efforts that have poured out of American and British presses since World War II."--William S. Anderson
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jacket front
A brilliant translation; the only one since Dryden which reads like English verse and conveys some of the majesty and pathos of the original.--Bernard M. W. Knox
Mandelbaum has . . . given us a contemporary experience of the masterpiece, at last.--David Ignatow
The book has a wonderful, detailed liveliness in every line.--Robert Fagles
Comes closer to the impossible goal of perfection than any of the numerous efforts that have poured out of American and British presses since World War II.--William S. Anderson
Mandelbaum has . . . given us a contemporary experience of the masterpiece, at last.--David Ignatow
The book has a wonderful, detailed liveliness in every line.--Robert Fagles
Comes closer to the impossible goal of perfection than any of the numerous efforts that have poured out of American and British presses since World War II.--William S. Anderson
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This deluxe edition of Virgil's epic poems, recounting the wanderings of Aeneas and his companions after the fall of Troy, contains an introduction by Allen Mandelbaum and fourteen powerful renderings created by Barry Moser to illustrate this volume.
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Translator:
Mandelbaum, Allen
Allen Mandelbaum is W.R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Humanities at Wake Forest University and a National Book Award winner. He is the translator of the UC Press facing-text editions of Dante s "Divine Comedy" (in three volumes: "Inferno, Purgatorio, "and "Paradiso"), as well as the UC Press editions of the verse translations of "The Odyssey of Homer" and "The Aeneid" of Virgil. Anthony Oldcorn is Chair of Italian at Brown University. Charles Ross is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Purdue University.
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