Vergil: The Poet's Life

A biography of Vergil, Rome's greatest poet, by the acclaimed translator of the Aeneid The Aeneid stands...
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Author: Sarah Ruden
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Vergil: The Poet's Life by Ruden, Sarah

Vergil: The Poet's Life

$52.85

Vergil: The Poet's Life

$52.85
Author: Sarah Ruden
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
A biography of Vergil, Rome's greatest poet, by the acclaimed translator of the Aeneid

The Aeneid stands as a towering work of Classical Roman literature and a gripping dramatization of the best and worst of human nature. In the process of creating this epic poem, Vergil (70-19 BCE) became the world's first media celebrity, a living legend.

But the real Vergil is a shadowy figure; we know that he was born into a modest rural family, that he led a private and solitary life, and that, in spite of poor health and unusual emotional vulnerabilities, he worked tirelessly to achieve exquisite new effects in verse. Vergil's most famous work, the Aeneid, was commissioned by the emperor Augustus, who published the epic despite Vergil's dying wish that it be destroyed.

Sarah Ruden, widely praised for her translation of the Aeneid, uses evidence from Roman life and history alongside Vergil's own writings to make careful deductions to reconstruct his life. Through her intimate knowledge of Vergil's work, she brings to life a poet who was committed to creating something astonishingly new and memorable, even at great personal cost.

Author: Sarah Ruden
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 08/22/2023
Pages: 200
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.70w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780300256611


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 06/19/2023

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