The Cambridge Companion to Virgil

1. Introduction: 'the classic of all Europe' Charles Martindale; Part I. Receptions: 2. Modern receptions and their interpretative implications: the case of T. S. Eliot Duncan F. Kennedy; 3. Aspects of Virgil's reception in antiquity Richard Tarrant; 4. The Appendix Vergiliana Scott McGill; 5. Augustine's Virgil Gillian Clark; 6a. The Virgil commentary of Servius Don Fowler (revised by Sergio Casali and Fabio Stok); 6b. Postclassical commentary Sergio Casali and Fabio Stok; 7. Virgil in English translation Colin Burrow; 8. Virgils from Dante to Milton Colin Burrow; 9. Virgil in art L. B. T. Houghton; Part II. Forms: 10. Green politics: the Eclogues Charles Martindale; 11. Virgilian didaxis: value and meaning in the Georgics William W. Batstone; 12. Virgilian epic Duncan F. Kennedy; 13. Closure and the Book of Virgil Elena Theodorakopoulos; Part III. Contexts: 14. Poetry and power: Virgil's poetry in a contemporary context Richard Tarrant; 15. Rome and its traditions James E. G. Zetzel; 16. Virgil and the cosmos: religious and philosophical ideas Susanna Braund; 17. Virgil's intertextual personae Joseph Farrell; 18. Virgil and tragedy Philip Hardie; Part IV. Themes: 19. Virgil as a poet Victoria Moul; 20. Virgil's style James J. O'Hara; 21. Character in Virgil Helen Lovatt; 22a. Virgilian narrative: storytelling Don Fowler (revised by Alessandro Barchiesi); 22b. Virgilian narrative: ecphrasis Alessandro Barchiesi; 23. Sons and lovers: sexuality and gender in Virgil's poetry Ellen Oliensis; 24. Authority Fiachra Mac Góráin; Envois: 25. The death of Virgil Fiona Cox; 26. Virgil: the future? Fiachra Mac Góráin; Dateline compiled by Genevieve Liveley.