Virgil His Life and Times Tapa dura - 2001

Hardback. Very Good.

Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd. Hardcover. Used; Good. Simply Brit – welcome to our online used book store, where affordability meets great quality. Dive into a world of captivating reads without breaking the bank. We take pride in offering a wide selection of used books, from classics to hidden gems, ensuring there’s something for every literary palate. All orders are shipped within 24 hours and our lightning fast-delivery within 48 hours coupled with our prompt customer service ensures a smooth journey from ordering to delivery. Discover the joy of reading with us, your trusted source for affordable books that do not compromise on quality. 10/15/1998

Duckworth: London 1998 The book comes with various loose press clippings concerning this and other books about Virgil. A very near fine book slight creasing to the top edge of page 129 in a very near fine dust jacket with slight edge creasing and minor surface wear to the lamination of the covers. A first printing of a first edition book. . First Edition. Hardcover.

Duckworth, London, 1998. VII,248p. Hard bound with dust wrps. Spine gilt titled. 'More encomium than biography, Levi's work traces the great Roman poet's inspirations and influences backward and forward through time, via close readings of classical and modern texts. Though not an introduction, this rich analysis offers bountiful insights to anyone already familiar with the Aeneid and the poet's early works. Granted, personal information about Publius Vergilius Maro is difficult to come by--only two ancient biographies exist, both just a few pages long. Thus, Levi, the biographer of Tennyson, Horace, and Edward Lear, weaves together historical analysis, gossip, and close readings of the poet's oeuvre to infer a portrait of the poet. Springing from the Greek Homeric tradition of the Odyssey, Virgil created a new kind of hero in Aeneas: mythic, but also bound by human dilemmas. Levi does an excellent job of teasing out Virgil's struggles with Homeric traditions of mythology and… Leer más

Bristol Classical Press. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

London, United Kingdom: Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd. New. 1998. Hardcover. 071562833X .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** – – *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY, BRAND NEW, PRISTINE, NEVER OPENED -- Publishers Weekly: Author of several books on natural history, including The Wolf Almanac, Busch returns with an account of the time he spent photographing grizzly bears in a pristine valley in British Columbia. (He uses pseudonyms for place names in order to protect the area from hunters. ) For four years, Busch woke up at five in the morning, drove two hours along old logging roads and hiked three hours through brush to the two blinds he had built near the bend of a salmon-filled river. There he lay in wait with his cameras for the wildlife of the valley? cougars, wolverines, lynx, caribou, marten, blue herons? to appear around him. Busch saw many grizzlies gather salmon from the river, and his book provides… Leer más