{"product_id":"ronald-knoxs-lectures-on-virgils-aeneid-with-introduction-and-critical-essays-paperback","title":"Ronald Knox's Lectures on Virgil's Aeneid: With Introduction and Critical Essays - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrancesca Bugliani Knox\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book makes available Ronald Knox's hitherto unpublished lectures on Virgil's \u003ci\u003eAeneid\u003c\/i\u003e delivered at Trinity College, Oxford, as part of a lecture course on Virgil in 1912. Written with Knox's customary incisiveness and with frequent allusions to contemporary life, the lectures are devoted to the appreciation of the \u003ci\u003eAeneid\u003c\/i\u003e and focus on what he called the 'essential and dominant characteristics' that make up its greatness. They deal with Virgil's political and religious outlook, ideas of the afterlife, sense of romance and pathos, narrative style, sources, versification and appreciation of scenery. His interpretation of the relationship between Dido and Aeneas renders redundant the question, much debated to this day, of whether Aeneas loved Dido, and also portrays Aeneas more sympathetically than is currently fashionable.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The additional introductory and critical essays by the contributors place the lectures in their historical and scholarly context, bring out their enduring relevance and illustrate how Ronald Knox's distinctive approach might be still developed to advantage. As Robert Speaight noted in his presidential address to the Virgil Society in 1958, 'many of us who love our Virgil will now understand him better because Ronald Knox loved and understood him so well'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrancesca Bugliani Knox \u003c\/b\u003eis Honorary Senior Research Associate at University College London, UK. She is the editor of \u003ci\u003eRonald Knox: A Man for all Seasons \u003c\/i\u003e(2016).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.58 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 20, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52636198961459,"sku":"9781350354272","price":78.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/s-pA5O8HGt9781350354272.webp?v=1762267981","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/ronald-knoxs-lectures-on-virgils-aeneid-with-introduction-and-critical-essays-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}