Georgics

Virgil, Peter Fallon, Elaine Fantham (Giger Professor of Latin emerita, Princeton University)

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Oxford University Press
12 February 2009

Series: Oxford World's Classics

'A countryman cleaves earth with his crooked plough. Such is the labour of his life. So he sustains his native land ...'

Virgil's affectionate poem of the land does not admit brief excerpts, any more than the labour of the farmer can easily be shortened.

His verse, descriptive and narrative, brings us the disappointments as well as the rewards of the countryman's year-round devotion to his crops, his vines and olives, livestock great and small, and the complex society of bees.

Part agricultural manual, part political poem and allegory, the Georgics'

scenes are real and vivid, and the poet-farmer Peter Fallon makes us feel the sights, sounds, and textures of the ancient Italian landscape.

'the combination of truth to the words Virgil wrote, natural vernacular speech and a general at-homeness on the land make Fallon's an inspired translation'

Seamus Heaney, Irish Times

'magnificent new translation...

Fallon is the perfect translator for the Georgics'

Bernard O'Donoghue, Times Literary Supplement

ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

By: Virgil
Introduction by: Elaine Fantham (Giger Professor of Latin emerita Princeton University)
Translated by: Peter Fallon
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 195mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 123g
ISBN: 9780199538836
ISBN 10: 0199538832
Series: Oxford World's Classics
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 12 February 2009
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Peter Fallon grew up on a farm near Kells in County Meath. He is a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, where he was Writer Fellow in 1994. He founded The Gallery Press in 1970 and has edited and published more than 300 titles. His own books include News of the World: Selected and New Poems (1978) and Tarry Flynn, a dramatization of the novel by Patrick Kavanagh (2004).

Reviews for Georgics

Review from previous edition 'the combination of truth to the words Virgil wrote, natural vernacular speech and a general at-homeness on the land make Fallon's an inspired translation' Seamus Heaney, Irish Times 'magnificent new translation...Fallon is the perfect translator for the Georgics' Bernard O'Donoghue, Times Literary Supplement 'supple and assured new translation' Jonathan Bate, TLS Books of the Year