The Georgics of Virgil: A Critical Survey - Brossura

Wilkinson, L. P.

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ISBN 10: 0521293235 ISBN 13: 9780521293235

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1978

Riassunto

This highly acclaimed book was, when it was first published in 1969, the first complete book in English devoted to the Georgics of Virgil, of which Mr Wilkinson provides a comprehensive survey. With careful scholarship and shrewd verbal and stylistic analysis combined with sober common sense, he deals with Virgil's early life, the conception of the poem and its composition and structure. He also examines the poem's intellectual ancestry, studies its literary, philosophic, political and agricultural aspects and finally deals with its fortunes from classical times to the present day. Prose translations of quoted passages make this book accessible to readers other than students of classics.

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This highly acclaimed book was, when it was first published in 1969, the first complete book in English devoted to the Georgics of Virgil, of which Mr Wilkinson provides a comprehensive survey. He deals with Virgil's early life, the conception of the poem and its composition and structure.

Contenuti:

Preface; Introduction; 2. Early life of Virgil; 3. The conception of the 'Georgics'; 4. Composition and structure; 5. The Aristaeus epyllion; 6. Philosophical, moral and religious ideas; 7. Political and social ideas; 8. Poetic approach and art; 9. Agricultural lore; 10. The 'Georgics' in after times; Appendices; Index.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1978
• ISBN 10: 0521293235
• ISBN 13: 9780521293235
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 380