Virgil
his life and times
by Peter Levi
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In this biography, the eminent classicist Peter Levi uses Virgil's poems, like the Eclogues, Georgics, his epic, The Aeneid, as well as historical and archeological evidence, to discard many of the myths surrounding Virgil's life. In doing so, he uncovers the life of a poet whose powerful imagination and ethereal ability helped shape the epic vision of modern man.
Indeed, Virgil's densely written and beautifully complex verse dominated Augustan Rome, the period of unprecedented prosperity, peace, and expansion that inaugurated the Golden Age of Roman poetry. Virgil, in fact, was the one poet who most fully understood the Roman Empire's enduring legacy and through his poetry defined the idea of civilization for generations to come.
Although contemporary critics and readers often overlook Virgil's genius, Levi demonstrates that to neglect Virgil is to truncate many of the literary foundations of our culture.
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Biography, Friends and associates, History, Intellectual life, Latin Poets, Poets, Latin, New York Times reviewed, VirgilPeople
Horace, Ovid (43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D), VirgilPlaces
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Virgil: His Life and Times
January 1, 2001, Duckworth Publishing
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in English
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Virgil: his life and times
1999, St. Martin's Press
in English
- 1st U.S. ed.
0312193521 9780312193522
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-232) and index.
Originally published: London : Duckworth, 1998.
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