Virgil on the Nature of Things - The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition

Klappentext This book explores the relationship between the Georgics and earlier works in the didactic tradition. Zusammenfassung This book explores the relationship between the Georgics and earlier works in the didactic tradition. It is a comprehensive study of Virgil's use of Lucretian themes! imagery! ideas and language; it also proposes an interesting reading of the poem as a whole. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; List of 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; Indexes.

Product details

• Authors: Monica R. Gale, Monica R. (Trinity College Gale, Gale Monica R.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.11.2000
• EAN: 9780521781114
• ISBN: 978-0-521-78111-4
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Latin, HISTORY / Ancient / General, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets