Critical Notes on Virgil

Critical Notes on VirgilIn this book, conceived as a sort of Prolegomena to his two Teubner editions, Conte gives account of his choices in editing his Virgilian text. Engaging in a passionate debate with his predecessors and critics, he guides the reader in a fascinating journey in the history of transmission and interpretation of Georgics and Aeneid and shows how lively textual criticism can be.

Moral Ambition reaches beyond political controversies over issues such as abortion

Accessibly written for a wide audience and raising a host of issues relevant to debates about unplanned pregnancy

or inheritances

For early modern poets

Phillip Swagel

which oscillate between rational calculation and emotion

“It is not surprising that given this powerful presence in Christian spirituality

without looking closely at the development of these precursors to Hebrew School

die Arcangelo Tuccaro – selbst ein Akrobat

and John Steinbeck—dramatizes the misery of the dust bowl migrants hoping to find work in California agriculture

More than a showcase for NAFTA's victims

it brings together theoretical discussion and empirical case studies that illustrate "on-the-ground