{"title":"Alison Keith","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlison Keith’s works explore the rich tapestry of classical literature with a focus on iconic figures such as Virgil. Her writings blend rigorous scholarship with accessible insights, making ancient texts resonate for contemporary readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRooted in the \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e domain, Keith’s books invite readers to deepen their understanding of literary heritage and its enduring influence on modern thought and creativity.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"virgil-by-alison-keith-9781848859203","title":"Virgil","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe works of Virgil (70–19 BCE) define the ‘golden age’ of Latin poetry and have inspired a long tradition of interpretation and adaptation that starts in his own time and extends to important modern authors. His ascent from the lesser genre of pastoral (the \u003ci\u003eBucolics\u003c\/i\u003e) through a more ambitious didactic mode (the \u003ci\u003eGeorgics\u003c\/i\u003e) to the soaring heights of epic (the incomparable \u003ci\u003eAeneid\u003c\/i\u003e) shaped the canonical writings of other authors, from his younger contemporary Ovid through the medieval writers Dante and Petrarch to the early modern poets Spenser and Milton and well beyond. Virgil, as Alison Keith shows, has never gone out of critical or popular fashion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis wide-ranging introduction appraises a figure of central importance in the history of Western music, art and literature. Offering close readings of the \u003ci\u003eBucolics\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGeorgics\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAeneid\u003c\/i\u003e, Keith places Virgil and his poetry in historical context before tracing their impact at key moments in the culture of the West. Emphasis is placed on Virgil’s reception of the classical literary and philosophical traditions, and on how his poetry has attracted modern interest from writers as diverse as T. S. Eliot and Ursula K. Le Guin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PTY Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47995660566764,"sku":"9781848859203","price":51.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781848859203-virgil.jpg?v=1784899120"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/alison-keith.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}