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).

Readers will find in this book an insightful and witty commentary, suitable both for the serious student of the poem and for the layman reading it in translation. If it encourages anyone to read Virgil with fresh eyes or for the first time, it will have served its purpose.

• List of IllustrationsList of ContributorsAcknowledgementsForeword (Charles Martindale, University of Bristol, UK)Introduction: The Context of Ronald Knox’s Lectures on Virgil(Francesca Bugliani Knox, University College London, UK)Note on the Lecture List (Literae Humaniores) in The Oxford University Gazette (18 January 1912)Editing CriteriaPart I: Ronald Knox’s Lectures on Virgil1. Virgil’s Political Outlook2. Virgil’s Religious Outlook3. Virgil’s Romance and Pathos4. Virgil’s Art and Treatment of His Story5. Virgil’s Appreciation of Scenery6. Virgil’s Use of His Sources7. Note on the Composition of Book 38. Characteristics of Virgil’s Style and VersificationPart II: Critical Essays‘Ronald Knox’s Lectures on Virgil: “A Wealth of Delicate Tenderness”’(Matthew McGowan, Fordham University, USA)‘Ronald Knox’s Lectures on Virgil: their Relevance for Scholarly Interpretation of the Aeneid’ (Francesco Montarese, MPW College London, UK) ‘The Setting of the Lecture given by Monsignor Ronald Knox to the Virgil Society on 31 March 1946’(John Mair, UK)Appendix: ‘J. E. Lowe, Ronald Knox and the Virgil Society lecture entitled “The Problem of Dido and Aeneas”’(Francesca Bugliani Knox, University College London, UK)Notes BibliographyIndex

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).

Readers will find in this book an insightful and witty commentary, suitable both for the serious student of the poem and for the layman reading it in translation. If it encourages anyone to read Virgil with fresh eyes or for the first time, it will have served its purpose.

• List of IllustrationsList of ContributorsAcknowledgementsForeword (Charles Martindale, University of Bristol, UK)Introduction: The Context of Ronald Knox’s Lectures on Virgil(Francesca Bugliani Knox, University College London, UK)Note on the Lecture List (Literae Humaniores) in The Oxford University Gazette (18 January 1912)Editing CriteriaPart I: Ronald Knox’s Lectures on Virgil1. Virgil’s Political Outlook2. Virgil’s Religious Outlook3. Virgil’s Romance and Pathos4. Virgil’s Art and Treatment of His Story5. Virgil’s Appreciation of Scenery6. Virgil’s Use of His Sources7. Note on the Composition of Book 38. Characteristics of Virgil’s Style and VersificationPart II: Critical Essays‘Ronald Knox’s Lectures on Virgil: “A Wealth of Delicate Tenderness”’(Matthew McGowan, Fordham University, USA)‘Ronald Knox’s Lectures on Virgil: their Relevance for Scholarly Interpretation of the Aeneid’ (Francesco Montarese, MPW College London, UK) ‘The Setting of the Lecture given by Monsignor Ronald Knox to the Virgil Society on 31 March 1946’(John Mair, UK)Appendix: ‘J. E. Lowe, Ronald Knox and the Virgil Society lecture entitled “The Problem of Dido and Aeneas”’(Francesca Bugliani Knox, University College London, UK)Notes BibliographyIndex

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).

Readers will find in this book an insightful and witty commentary, suitable both for the serious student of the poem and for the layman reading it in translation. If it encourages anyone to read Virgil with fresh eyes or for the first time, it will have served its purpose.

• List of IllustrationsList of ContributorsAcknowledgementsForeword (Charles Martindale, University of Bristol, UK)Introduction: The Context of Ronald Knox’s Lectures on Virgil(Francesca Bugliani Knox, University College London, UK)Note on the Lecture List (Literae Humaniores) in The Oxford University Gazette (18 January 1912)Editing CriteriaPart I: Ronald Knox’s Lectures on Virgil1. Virgil’s Political Outlook2. Virgil’s Religious Outlook3. Virgil’s Romance and Pathos4. Virgil’s Art and Treatment of His Story5. Virgil’s Appreciation of Scenery6. Virgil’s Use of His Sources7. Note on the Composition of Book 38. Characteristics of Virgil’s Style and VersificationPart II: Critical Essays‘Ronald Knox’s Lectures on Virgil: “A Wealth of Delicate Tenderness”’(Matthew McGowan, Fordham University, USA)‘Ronald Knox’s Lectures on Virgil: their Relevance for Scholarly Interpretation of the Aeneid’ (Francesco Montarese, MPW College London, UK) ‘The Setting of the Lecture given by Monsignor Ronald Knox to the Virgil Society on 31 March 1946’(John Mair, UK)Appendix: ‘J. E. Lowe, Ronald Knox and the Virgil Society lecture entitled “The Problem of Dido and Aeneas”’(Francesca Bugliani Knox, University College London, UK)Notes BibliographyIndex