{"product_id":"the-eclogues-of-virgil-bilingual-edition-9780374526962","title":"The Eclogues of Virgil (Bilingual Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003eVirgil's great lyrics, rendered by the acclaimed translator of \u003ci\u003eThe Odes of Horace\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGilgamesh\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Eclogues of Virgil\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA bilingual edition, \u003ci\u003eThe Eclogues of Virgil\u003c\/i\u003e includes concise, informative notes and an Introduction that describes the fundamental role of this deeply original book in the pastoral tradition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Virgil\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374526962\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e Latin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Ferry\u003c\/b\u003e, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry for his translation of \u003ci\u003eGilgamesh\u003c\/i\u003e, is a poet and translator who has also won the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize, given by the Academy of American Poets, and the Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry, given by the Library of Congress. In 2001, he received an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and in 2002 he won the Harold Morton Landon Translation Award. Ferry is the Sophie Chantal Hart Professor of English Emeritus at Wellesley College.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44697622315123,"sku":"9780374526962","price":15.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_0effd9d4-03d9-4e18-8bc2-31287c1e3405.jpg?v=1775243858","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-eclogues-of-virgil-bilingual-edition-9780374526962","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}