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Virgil''s great lyrics, rendered by the acclaimed translator of The Odes of Horace and Gilgamesh

The Eclogues of Virgil gave definitive form to the pastoral mode, and these magically beautiful poems, which were influential in so much subsequent literature, perhaps best exemplify what pastoral can do. Song replying to song replying to song, touchingly comic, poignantly sad, sublimely joyful, the various music that these shepherds make echoes in scenes of repose and harmony, and of hardship and trouble in work and love.

A bilingual edition, The Eclogues of Virgil includes concise, informative notes and an Introduction that describes the fundamental role of this deeply original book in the pastoral tradition.

The Eclogues of Virgil

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    A Paperback by Aelius Donatus Virgil, David Ferry

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      Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc
      Publication Date: 6/15/2000 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780374526962, 978-0374526962
      ISBN10: 0374526966
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      ELT & Literary Studies Literary studies: ancient, classical

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Virgil''s great lyrics, rendered by the acclaimed translator of The Odes of Horace and Gilgamesh

      The Eclogues of Virgil gave definitive form to the pastoral mode, and these magically beautiful poems, which were influential in so much subsequent literature, perhaps best exemplify what pastoral can do. Song replying to song replying to song, touchingly comic, poignantly sad, sublimely joyful, the various music that these shepherds make echoes in scenes of repose and harmony, and of hardship and trouble in work and love.

      A bilingual edition, The Eclogues of Virgil includes concise, informative notes and an Introduction that describes the fundamental role of this deeply original book in the pastoral tradition.

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