Virgil's Aeneid: A Critical Description

by Kenneth Quinn

Overview

First published in 1968, Virgil’s Aeneid is to help all who approach the long and difficult poem seriously (in Latin or in English) to read it with discerning appreciation. This is not a handbook, nor is it a commentary: it is a critical description, from a number of aspects, of a poetic structure. A detailed analysis of the twelve books is preceded by a preliminary exploration of the poem’s central purpose, a careful reconstruction of the historical and artistic circumstances, and a description of the main outlines of the poem’s structure; two further chapters provide a discussion of a number of theoretical problem and an analysis of the verbal fabric. This book will be of interest to students of classical literature and history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781032553788
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/31/2025
Series:	Routledge Revivals
Pages:	462
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Kenneth Quinn was a fellow of St John's College, Cambridge and later became Professor of Classics in the University of Otago, New Zealand. He is author of The Catullan Revolution (1959; repr. BCP, 1999), Latin Explorations (Routledge, 1963) and standard editions of Catullus' Poems (1970) and of Horace: Odes (1980).

Table of Contents

Preface Abbreviations 1. The heroic impulse 2. Genesis 3. Structure 4. The twelve books 5. Form and technique 6. Style List of Passages Discussed Index