Description |
1 online resource (x, 255 pages) |
Series |
Cambridge classical studies |
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Cambridge classical studies.
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Contents |
Part I, Prima ab origine. The old man of the sea ; Aristeia -- Part II, Mirabile dictu. Ox and paradox ; Poeta creatus -- Postscript. Sphragis -- Appendix I. Proteus and Prōteús [in Greek script] -- Appendix II. [Georgics and the Odyssey] 4.400 -- Appendix III. Sparsere per agros |
Summary |
"Current orthodoxy interprets the Georgics as a statement of profound ambivalence towards Octavian and his claim to be Rome's saviour after the catastrophe of the civil wars. This book takes issue with the model of the subtly subversive poet which has dominated scholarship for the last quarter of a century. It argues that in the turbulent political circumstances which obtained at the time of the poem's composition, Virgil's preoccupation with violent conflict has a highly optimistic import. Octavian's brutal conduct in the civil wars is subjected to a searching analysis, but is ultimately vindicated, refigured as a paradoxically constructive violence analogous to blood sacrifice or Romulus' fratricide of Remus, a prerequisite of the foundation of Rome |
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The vindication of Octavian also has strictly literary implications for Virgil. The close of the poem sees Virgil asserting his mastery of the Homeric mode of poetry, the most sublime available, and the providential world-view it was thought to embody."--Jacket |
Notes |
Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Trinity College, Cambridge |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-251) and indexes |
Notes |
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Virgil. Georgica
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Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D. -- In literature
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Virgil -- Political and social views
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Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D. fast |
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Virgil fast |
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Vergilius Maro, Publius v70-v19 Georgica gnd |
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Virgile, 0070?-0019 av. J.-C. Georgica. ram |
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Virgile (0070-0019 av. J.-C.). Georgica. ram |
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Virgile, (0070-0019 av. J.-C.) -- Pensée politique et sociale. ram |
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Protée. ram |
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Georgica (Virgil) fast |
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Political poetry, Latin -- History and criticism
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Didactic poetry, Latin -- History and criticism
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Politics and literature -- Rome
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Agriculture in literature.
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Redemption in literature.
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Rhetoric, Ancient.
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LITERARY COLLECTIONS -- General.
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Agriculture in literature
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Didactic poetry, Latin
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Literature
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Political and social views
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Political poetry, Latin
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Politics and literature
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Redemption in literature
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Rhetoric, Ancient
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War and literature
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Georgica (Vergilius)
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Politieke situatie.
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Rédemption -- Dans la littérature.
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Rome -- History -- Civil War, 43-31 B.C. -- Literature and the war
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Rome (Empire)
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781107720114 |
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1107720117 |
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9780511549410 |
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0511549415 |
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