Table of Contents

1: S. J. Harrison: Introduction
2: The Virgilian Paradox: An Epic of Drama and Pathos
3: Anatomy of a Style: Enallage and the New Sublime
4: Aristaeus, Orpheus, and the Georgics Again
5: The Strategy of Contradiction: On the Dramatic Form of the Aeneid
6: Defensor Vergili: Richard Heinze on Virgil's Epic Technique
7: Towards a New Exegesis of Virgil: Reconsiderations and Proposals
8: The Meeting of Stylistics and Textual Criticism
9: Proems in the Middle

About the Author

Gian Biagio Conte is Professor of Latin Literature at the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa. S. J. Harrison is Fellow and Tutor in Classics, Corpus Christi College, and Professor of Classical Languages and Literature at the University of Oxford.

Reviews

Splendidly proofread and beautifully produced...one of the most welcome new Virgil titles of the year. Essential. L. M. Fratantuono, Choice ...a very important book which adds much to our understanding of Virgil. Bryn Mawr Review ...outstanding...compelling... TLS, 15/02/08