Virgil on the nature of things : the Georgics, Lucretius, and the didactic tradition /
This book explores the relationship between the Georgics and earlier works in the didactic tradition. It is the first comprehensive study of Virgil's use of Lucretian themes, imagery, ideas and language; it also proposes a new reading of the poem as a whole.
| Основен автор: | Gale, Monica |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2000.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=77692 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Virgil on the nature of things. |
Съдържание:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ABBREVIATIONS; 1 Introduction: influence, allusion, intertextuality; 2 Beginnings and endings; 3 The gods, the farmer and the natural world; 4 Virgil s metamorphoses: mythological allusions; 5 Labor improbus; 6 The wonders of the natural world; 7 The cosmic battlefield: warfare and military imagery; 8 Epilogue: the philosopher and the farmer; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX OF PASSAGES CITED; GENERAL INDEX.