Virgil's Elements : Physics and Poetry in the Georgics

Main description: 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...
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Autor*in:

Ross, David O. - 1936- [verfasserIn]

Format:

E-Book

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press ; 1987

©1987

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Schlagwörter:

Physics in literature

Agriculture in literature

Didactic poetry, Latin, History and criticism

Didactic poetry, Latin -- History and criticism

Rome in literature

Virgil -- Knowledge -- Physics

Virgil. -- Georgica

Virgil. -- Georgica.;Virgil -- Knowledge -- Physics.;Didactic poetry, Latin -- History and criticism.;Agriculture in literature.;Physics in literature.;Rome in literature

LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General

Umfang:

Online-Ressource (268 S.)

Reproduktion:

1987

Reihe:

Princeton Legacy Library ; 786

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ISBN:

978-1-4008-5862-0

DOI / URN:

10.1515/9781400858620

Katalog-ID:

821486489

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