Ronald Knox’s Lectures on Virgil’s Aeneid

With Introduction and Critical Essays

Dr. Francesca Bugliani Knox (University College London, UK)

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English

Bloomsbury Academic
05 October 2023

Translation & interpretation; Poetry; General studies

This book makes available Ronald Knox’s hitherto unpublished lectures on Virgil’s Aeneid delivered at Trinity College, Oxford, as part of a lecture course on Virgil in 1912.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 Aeneid 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.

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’.

Edited by: Dr. Francesca Bugliani Knox (University College London UK)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781350118287
ISBN 10: 1350118281
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 05 October 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Francesca Bugliani Knox is Honorary Senior Research Associate at University College London, UK. She is the editor of Ronald Knox: A Man for all Seasons (2016).

Reviews for Ronald Knox’s Lectures on Virgil’s Aeneid: With Introduction and Critical Essays

This book takes us inside an Oxford lecture room of 1912, where we hear the insights of a brilliant literary mind. Ronald Knox communicates his sensitive observations on Virgil's Aeneid with the charm and wit of a master teacher. -- Tom Keeline, Associate Professor of Classics, Washington University in St. Louis, USA Ronald Knox's lectures on the Aeneid are a long-lost delight, and a valuable addition to our understanding of classics education and scholarship in early 20th century England. Francesca Bugliani Knox is to be thanked for shepherding them finally to print. -- Anne Rogerson, Charles Tesoriero Senior Lecturer in Latin, University of Sydney, Australia