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1 online resource (x, 255 pages). |
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polychrome |
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Cambridge classical studies
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Cambridge classical studies.
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| Note |
Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Trinity College, Cambridge. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-251) and indexes. |
| 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."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Subject |
Virgil. Georgica.
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Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D. -- In literature.
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Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D. |
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Virgil -- Political and social views.
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Virgil. |
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Political and social views. |
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Virgile. Georgica. |
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Virgile -- Pensée politique et sociale. |
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Virgile, 0070?-0019 av. J.-C. Georgica. |
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Virgile (0070-0019 av. J.-C.). Georgica. |
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Virgile (0070-0019 av. J.-C.) -- Pensée politique et sociale. |
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Protée. |
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Virgil. Georgics. |
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Roman Civil War (Rome : 43-31 B.C.) |
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Georgica (Virgil) |
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Rome -- History -- Civil War, 43-31 B.C. -- Literature and the war.
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Political poetry, Latin -- History and criticism.
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Political poetry, Latin. |
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Didactic poetry, Latin -- History and criticism.
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Didactic poetry, Latin. |
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Politics and literature -- Rome.
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Agriculture in literature.
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Agriculture in literature. |
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Redemption in literature.
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Redemption in literature. |
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Rhetoric, Ancient.
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Rhetoric, Ancient. |
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43-31 B.C |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Morgan, Llewelyn. Patterns of redemption in Virgil's Georgics 9780521651660 (DLC) 98044171 (OCoLC)39905591 |
| ISBN |
9781107720114 electronic book |
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1107720117 electronic book |
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9780511549410 electronic book |
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0511549415 electronic book |
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0521651662 |
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9780521651660 |
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9780521155120 |
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0521155126 |
