GeorgicsJohn Conington's three-volume edition of The Works of Virgil, begun in 1852, has long been unavailable except in rare second-hand sets. The whole work is now being reissued in six affordable paperbacks, with new introductions setting the commentary in its context. Well into the twentieth century Conington's Virgil remained the sine qua non for school and undergraduate students and their teachers; Conington's commentary is remarkably close and uncompromising in its engagement with the detail of Virgil's Latin, as well as its literary sensitivity; it still has much to offer the modern reader. This volume contains Virgil's text of the Georgics; Conington's introduction to and commentary on the Georgics; Philip Hardie's general assessment of Conington; Monica Gale's introduction to the Georgics, and also includes Conington's index. |
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Page 103
... Munro this is ' surely a great defect ' in Virgil ; modern readers have found ways of turning to advantage the fact that Virgil does not have , as Munro puts it , ' the transparent clearness of Ovid and the precision of thought of the ...
... Munro this is ' surely a great defect ' in Virgil ; modern readers have found ways of turning to advantage the fact that Virgil does not have , as Munro puts it , ' the transparent clearness of Ovid and the precision of thought of the ...
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... Munro thinks , to the time of the creation . Virg . doubtless had Lucr . v 818 foll . before him ; but , as often , he has taken the thought and given it a new application . [ ' Indulgentia : ' Lucr . 1 805 ' tempestas indulget tempore ...
... Munro thinks , to the time of the creation . Virg . doubtless had Lucr . v 818 foll . before him ; but , as often , he has taken the thought and given it a new application . [ ' Indulgentia : ' Lucr . 1 805 ' tempestas indulget tempore ...
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... [ Munro on Lucr . I 78 , III 449 , argues that Virgil here means Lucretius , and this was Conington's view in his first ed . Afterwards he came to think that ] Virg . is here sketching the Epicurean philosopher , whether master , scholar ...
... [ Munro on Lucr . I 78 , III 449 , argues that Virgil here means Lucretius , and this was Conington's view in his first ed . Afterwards he came to think that ] Virg . is here sketching the Epicurean philosopher , whether master , scholar ...
Contents
Introduction to The Works of Virgil PHILIP HARDIE | 101 |
Preface to Volume I fifth edition ix 然ㄨˋ | 135 |
GEORGICS Text and Commentary | 166 |
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