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[ SOLD OUT ] ZIOLKOWSKI, J.M., and M.C.J. PUTNAM, (eds.), The Virgilian Tradition. The First Fifteen Hundred Years. Yale University Press, New Haven / London, 2008. XXXIX,1082p. Original cloth with dust wrps. Spine gilt titled. Nice copy. May require extra shipping costs: weight including packing from 1 - 2 Kg. 'Z. and P. have done a wonderful job in compiling a vast amount of documents that bring to life the deep marks that Vergil's works have left in the history of literature. And even if that amount could have been much vaster, given the importance of Vergil throughout virtually all the centuries since he lived, Z. and P. do not fail to carefully guide us through the material. All in all, 25 researchers from many different academic fields have come together and compiled this anthology in a truly interdisciplinary effort. In spite of the dangers involved in such a huge project, the book is a virtually seamless and very compact piece. This book can serve as a trustworthy companion which lets the texts themselves be heard instead of secondary literature. (...) As the editors themselves note, this anthology is at the same time an account of where the study of Vergil's reception stands today, an account of what we can say about Vergil's Nachleben, and an account of where research may be acquiring new knowledge and insights in the future. In this sense, this book is a good place to start one's own research. The editors have brought together many texts that even large libraries probably cannot call their own. At the same time the pertinent notes added to the bits and pieces of texts in the anthology are reliable guides to the texts themselves if one wants to access them directly. For these reasons, this anthology will prove to be an indispensable tool for researchers on the reception of Vergil even in non-English speaking countries.' (WOLFGANG POLLEICHTNER in Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2008.07.07). (Antiquarian) (approx. delivery time: undeliverable) ISBN: 9780300108224