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The Aeneid by Vergil and Virgil (2021, Trade Paperback) **
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- Condition
- Type
- Novel
- Signed By
- N/A
- Signed
- No
- Book Series
- N/A
- Ex Libris
- No
- Narrative Type
- Fiction
- Features
- N/A
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Intended Audience
- Adults, Young Adults
- Edition
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781984854124
- Book Title
- Aeneid
- Original Language
- Latin
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Item Length
- 8 in
- Publication Year
- 2021
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Genre
- Foreign Language Study, Poetry, Fiction, Language Arts & Disciplines
- Topic
- Classics, Epic, Latin, Linguistics / General
- Item Weight
- 11.4 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.1 in
- Number of Pages
- 464 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1984854127
ISBN-13
9781984854124
eBay Product ID (ePID)
15050419445
Product Key Features
Original Language
Latin
Book Title
Aeneid
Number of Pages
464 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Classics, Epic, Latin, Linguistics / General
Publication Year
2021
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Foreign Language Study, Poetry, Fiction, Language Arts & Disciplines
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
11.4 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2021-288907
Dewey Edition
23
TitleLeading
The
Reviews
"A remarkable achievement . . . Bartsch manages to keep pace with Virgil's verse, capturing the 'dense, lapidate language' of the Latin, and the energy of the narrative, without unduly flattening its meaning. . . . This translation reads like Virgil." -- The Times Literary Supplement "Blending solid scholarship with poetic sensibility, classicist [Shadi] Bartsch delivers a new version of the foundational poem of Imperial Rome. . . . [This translation] gives some sense of the Latin and the tautness of its lines; most other English versions are fully 30 percent or more longer than the original, but not hers. . . . Through seductions, treacheries, murders, deicides, and other episodes, Bartsch--her scholarly notes as vigorous as her verse--produces an excellent companion for students of the poem and of Roman history. A robust, readable, reliable translation of a hallmark of world literature." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "A tight, readable translation with a welcome feminist outlook and savvy engagement with the poem's political and imperial themes and imperialist legacy. Its natural iambic voice, clear language, and faithfulness to the tight, fast-moving pace of Vergil's original make it a refreshing way for modern audiences to access the Aeneid 's power." --Ada Palmer, award-winning author of Reading Lucretius in the Renaissance and the Terra Ignota series "The best version of the Aeneid in modern English: concise, readable, and beautiful, but also as accurate and faithful to Vergil's Latin as possible. And the 'Vergil's Latin' that she aims to stick close to reflects modern scholars' realization that Vergil's Latin is often difficult and strange; here it helps that she is one of the most accomplished Latinists to translate the poem, knows all the latest research, and is willing to wrestle with the most difficult passages. But this is not a translation just for scholars: Bartsch writes clear, vivid, concise lines that read well and read rapidly as she aims for 'a kind of parallel to the experience of reading Vergil in Latin.' The introduction and notes are concise, helpful, informative, provocative, and interesting. Readers, teachers, and students will find the kind of translation they need for private reading or a classroom encounter with the poem, and scholars may find that Bartsch has noticed new things in the Latin." --James J. O'Hara, George L. Paddison Professor of Latin, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Dewey Decimal
873/.01
Synopsis
A fresh and faithful translation of Vergil's Aeneid restores the epic's spare language and fast pace and sheds new light on one of the cornerstone narratives of Western culture. "Vivid and haunting . . . a model of how to render Latin poetry in English."--Tom Holland, New Statesman For two thousand years, the epic tale of Aeneas's dramatic flight from Troy, his doomed love affair with Dido, his descent into the underworld, and the bloody story behind the establishment of Rome has electrified audiences around the world. In Vergil's telling, Aeneas's heroic journey not only gave Romans and Italians a thrilling origin story, it established many of the fundamental themes of Western life and literature--the role of duty and self-sacrifice, the place of love and passion in human life, the relationship between art and violence, the tension between immigrant and indigenous people, and the way new foundations are so often built upon the wreckage of those who came before. Throughout the course of Western history, the Aeneid has affirmed our best and worst intentions and forced us to confront our deepest contradictions. Shadi Bartsch, Guggenheim Laureate, award-winning translator, and chaired professor at the University of Chicago, confronts the contradictions inherent in the text itself, illuminating the epic's subversive approach to storytelling. Even as Vergil writes the foundation myth for Rome, he seems to comment on this tendency to mythologize our heroes and societies, and to gesture to the stories that get lost in the mythmaking. Bartsch's groundbreaking translation, brilliantly maintaining the brisk pace of Vergil's Latin even as it offers readers a metrical line-by-line translation, provides a literary and historical context to make the Aeneid resonant for a new generation of readers.
LC Classification Number
PA6807.A5B37 2021
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- a***t (794)- Feedback left by buyer.Past yearVerified purchaseShipping: Shipped the day of the sale; arrived in 5 days in my city, but then the post office sent my package to Colorado. It took another 10 days to get delivered. Packaging: as expected As described: described as NEW. The books do look NEW until you at the page edges which are tanned to almost yellow. Books were probably never read, but they probably sat in sunlight for a long time. Value: Despite yellow-tan page edges, these books were a great value.Lot Of 4 Inspector Maigret Novels (Trade PB) by Georges Simenon - BRAND NEW! (#256759728931)
- s***3 (554)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseItem arrived in good condition and matched the description accurately. Shipping was timely and packaging was appropriate. No issues with the transaction — everything went smoothly. Would purchase from this seller again.Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea by Yukio Mishima (1994, Paperback) *LN* (#256968098396)