| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 255 pages) |
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Princeton legacy library |
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Princeton legacy library.
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| Contents |
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER TWO: BOOK I -- CHAPTER THREE: BOOK II -- CHAPTER FOUR: BOOK III -- CHAPTER FIVE: BOOK IV -- CHAPTER SIX: AN OVERVIEW -- BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES -- INDEX LOCORUM -- INDEX NOMINUM ET RERUM |
| Summary |
Professor Ross presents the Georgics as a poem of science, of the power and ultimate failure of knowledge. Exploring the science that Virgil knew and used, he analyzes the oppositions and balances of lire and water, of the qualities of hot and cold, wet and dry, throughout the poem. These the farmer manipulates to create the balance necessary for growth, yet, in Virgil's universe, the potential for destruction inevitably results in a profound pessimism. Originally published in 1987. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905 |
| Analysis |
Poetry in Latin Virgil Georgics - Critical studies |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-248) |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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In English |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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Virgil. Georgica
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Virgil -- Knowledge -- Physics
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Virgil -- Knowledge -- Physics
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Virgil. Georgica
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Virgil fast |
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Georgica (Virgil) fast |
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Didactic poetry, Latin -- History and criticism
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Agriculture in literature.
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Physics in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- General.
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Agriculture in literature
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Didactic poetry, Latin
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Literature
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Physics
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Physics in literature
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Gedichten.
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Elementen (natuurfilosofie)
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Latijn.
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Klassieke oudheid.
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Rome -- In literature
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| Subject |
Rome (Empire)
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781400858620 |
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1400858623 |
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