{"product_id":"the-virgil-encyclopedia-3-volume-set-isbn-9781405154987","title":"The Virgil Encyclopedia, 3 Volume Set","description":"This is the first comprehensive English langage reference volume on Virgil, a poet whose works and thoughts have been at the center of Western literary, cultural, artistic, and pedagogical traditions for more than two millennia.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eComplements existing Virgil works by providing readers of all levels an approachable point of entry intry into further Virgil studies\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers in-depth treatment of all aspects of Virgil’s poetry, including the Greek and Roman literary traditions that inform his three great collections, the \u003ci\u003eEclogues\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGeorgics \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAeneid\u003c\/i\u003e, and the reception of Virgil's oeuvre in literature, art, and music down through the ages\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrings together over 350 contributors who are leading scholars in various periods of literary and cultural studies\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eComprises over 2,200 entries organized in A-Z format\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e Winner of the 2017 Alexander G. McKay Book Prize for the best book in Vergilian studies bestowed by The Vergilian Society. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlso available on Wiley Online Library. For sample content and information on online access, visit \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.wileyonlinelibrary.com\/ref\/virgil\"\u003ewww.wileyonlinelibrary.com\/ref\/virgil\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Entries viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations xxxi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors xxxvi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface lxv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes to the Reader lxviii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments lxxi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments for Illustrations lxxii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations lxxiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eVolume I \u003c\/b\u003eThe Virgil Encyclopedia A–E 1–468\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVolume II The Virgil Encyclopedia F–Pe 469–994\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVolume III The Virgil Encyclopedia Ph–Z 995–1410\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStylistic Terms Appendix 1411\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTimeline 1419\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex of Virgil Citations 1431\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeneral Index 1447\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"It should be of widespread use well beyond Classics, and would even be suitable for school libraries... The editors more than deliver on their hope to 'contribute, even in a small way, to the continuation of the Virgilian tradition by facilitating the work of those who teach and study it'\" - \u003ci\u003eClassical Review, Jan. 2015\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“It is all here, and more; besides, I cannot see t his encyclopedia being even partially superseded for very many years, if at all, which makes it a sound investment for any library.”  (\u003ci\u003eReference Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 October 2014)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“This wide-ranging work will be invaluable to anyone interested in Virgil, although its price will make it inaccessible to many.  Summing Up:  Highly recommended.  Lower-level undergraduates through researchers\/faculty.”  (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 May 2014)\u003c\/p\u003e \"Their wish is not to provide a comprehensive, self-standing resource so much as a conduit to the 'large and vibrant field of Virgilian studies', both digital and bibliographical, their abmit 'everything of importance that enters into Virgil, that is in Virgil, and that comes out of Virgil into literature, art, and music.'\" (\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e, January 2014)  \u003cb\u003eRichard F. Thomas\u003c\/b\u003e is George Martin Lane Professor of the Classics at Harvard University. His books include \u003ci\u003eLands and Peoples in Roman Poetry: The Ethnographical Tradition\u003c\/i\u003e (1982), a two-volume commentary on Virgil’s \u003ci\u003eGeorgics\u003c\/i\u003e (1988), \u003ci\u003eReading Virgil and his Texts\u003c\/i\u003e (1999), \u003ci\u003eVirgil and the Augustan Reception\u003c\/i\u003e (2001), and a commentary on \u003ci\u003eHorace, Odes 4\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCarmen Saeculare\u003c\/i\u003e (2011).  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJan M. Ziolkowski\u003c\/b\u003e is Director of Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection in Washington, DC, and Arthur Kingsley Porter Professor of Medieval Latin at Harvard University. His books include \u003ci\u003eNota Bene: Reading Classics and Writing Songs in the Early Middle Ages\u003c\/i\u003e (2007); \u003ci\u003eFairy Tales from Before Fairy Tales: The Medieval Latin Past of Wonderful Lies\u003c\/i\u003e (2007); \u003ci\u003eThe Virgilian Tradition: The First Fifteen Hundred Years\u003c\/i\u003e, co-edited with Michael C. J. Putnam (2008); and \u003ci\u003eSolomon and Marcolf\u003c\/i\u003e (2008).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Virgil Encyclopedia\u003c\/i\u003e represents the first comprehensive reference volume to be published in English on Publius Vergilius Maro, the classical Roman poet whose works and thoughts have been at the center of Western literary, cultural, artistic, and pedagogical traditions for more than two millennia. Through some 2,200 carefully researched entries, scholars and students alike are provided with an in-depth treatment of all aspects of Virgil’s poetry, including the Greek and Roman literary traditions that inform his three great collections, the \u003ci\u003eEclog\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eues\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGeorgics\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAeneid\u003c\/i\u003e. Entries also reveal the reception of Virgil’s \u003ci\u003eoeuvre\u003c\/i\u003e in literature, art, and music from the moment each work appeared and transformed the Roman literary and intellectual world.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Contributors include top specialists in the literature of antiquity; as well as international scholars in medieval, Renaissance, early modern, and contemporary literary and cultural studies. The result of this unique collaborative effort is the most broad-ranging, meticulously researched, and up-to-date resource available today on a man whose imaginative works brought tears to Augustine, guided Dante through Hell, helped shape Milton’s \u003ci\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/i\u003e, and inspired Tennyson. \u003ci\u003eThe Virgil Encyclopedia\u003c\/i\u003e provides innovative insights into a poet from the ancient world whose immeasurable influence on Western literature continues to the present day.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Virgil Encyclopedia\u003c\/i\u003e is available in three print volumes, or in an electronic edition on Wiley Online Library: \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.wileyonlinelibrary.com\/ref\/virgil\"\u003ewww.wileyonlinelibrary.com\/ref\/virgil\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“The Virgil Encyclopedia, edited by Richard Thomas and Jan Ziolkowski, is a very valuable aid to the study of the major Latin poet, surpassing Horace, Catullus, Ovid, and Lucretius. Both for its information and for its consistently high level of interpretation, this reference work should be of permanent use for anyone seeking to better appreciate Virgil.”\u003cbr\u003e -\u003ci\u003eHarold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The editors have assembled a diverse and distinguished group of contributors to create a comprehensive guide to Virgil’s writings, their sources and context, and their cultural afterlife. It will be an essential resource for the study of Virgil and his reception.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e-Colin McCaffrey, Classics Librarian, Yale University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990363586789,"sku":"NP9781405154987","price":666.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405154987.jpg?v=1761787522","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-virgil-encyclopedia-3-volume-set-isbn-9781405154987","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}