The gnat and other minor poems of Virgil / translated by David R. Slavitt ; foreword by Gordon Williams.
These delightful poems--by turns whimsical, beautiful, and vulgar--seem to have primarily survived because they were attributed to Virgil. But in David R. Slavitt's imaginative and appealing translations, they stand firmly on their own merits. Slavitt brings to this little-known body of verse a...
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| Other title: | Appendix Vergiliana. English. |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English Latin |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
2011.
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| Series: | Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature.
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| Summary: | These delightful poems--by turns whimsical, beautiful, and vulgar--seem to have primarily survived because they were attributed to Virgil. But in David R. Slavitt's imaginative and appealing translations, they stand firmly on their own merits. Slavitt brings to this little-known body of verse a fresh voice, vividly capturing the tone and style of the originals while conveying a lively sense of fun. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 66 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780520949997 0520949994 1283278332 9781283278331 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |