{"product_id":"vergils-eclogues-barbara-hughes-fowler-9780807846537","title":"Vergil's Eclogues","description":"\u003cp\u003eBest remembered for his unfinished epic, the \u003ci\u003eAeneid\u003c\/i\u003e, the poet Vergil was celebrated in his time both for the perfection of his art and for the centrality of his ideas to Roman culture. The \u003ci\u003eEclogues\u003c\/i\u003e, his earliest confirmed work, were composed in part out of political considerations: when the Roman authorities threatened to seize his family's land, Vergil's appeal in the form of \u003ci\u003eEclogue IX\u003c\/i\u003e won a stay. \u003ci\u003eEclogue I\u003c\/i\u003e appears to be a thank-you for that favor. Barbara Hughes Fowler provides scholars and students with a new American verse translation of Vergil's \u003ci\u003eEclogues\u003c\/i\u003e. An accomplished translator, Fowler renders the poet's words into an English that is contemporary while remaining close to the spirit of the original. In an introduction to the text, she compares the treatment of the pastoral form by Vergil and Theocritus, illuminating the ways in which Vergil borrowed from and built upon the earlier poet's work, and thereby moved the genre in a new direction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Barbara Hughes Fowler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807846538\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807846537\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/03\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 65\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.07h x 6.03w x 0.27d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/1997 pg. 93","brand":"Barbara Hughes Fowler","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48013791822079,"sku":"9780807846537","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_48b4c5f9-b908-46d8-a785-a0c1152cf74b.jpg?v=1767744794","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/vergils-eclogues-barbara-hughes-fowler-9780807846537","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}