L. P. Wilkinson
The Georgics of Virgil
L. P. Wilkinson · 1969
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In the author's view, the 'Georgics' is far from being tediously didactic; on the contrary, it is vividly descriptive, the first poem in all literature in which description is the chief source of pleasure, a poem written not so much to teach farmers as to delight readers. And it is more than simply this. It is concerned with a way of life, it is infused with deep personal feeling and philosophical purpose, and it is overlaid with a rich texture of religious, political and symbolic motifs. This book is a critical analysis of the poem in all these dimensions.
Book details
- Year
- 1969
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Editions
- 1
- Pages
- 376
- ISBN
- 9780521293235
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