Cultivating Peace : The Virgilian Georgic in English, 1650-1750 /

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During the decades following the English civil wars, British poets seeking to make sense of lingering political instabilities turned to Virgil's Georgics. This ancient poem betrays deep ambivalences about war, political power, and empire, and such poets as Andrew Marvell, John Dryden, and Anne...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schoenberger, Melissa (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lewisburg, PA : Bucknell University Press, [2019]
Colección:Transits: Literature, Thought & Culture 1650-1850
Temas:
English poetry > 18th century > History and criticism.
English poetry > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Peace in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Notes on Translation
  • Introduction: The Arts of Peace
  • 1. Mutability: Cycles of War and Peace
  • 2. Translation: Virgil and Dryden in 1697
  • 3. Contingency: The Georgic Poetry of Anne Finch
  • 4. Imitation: The Georgics and the Eighteenth Century
  • Conclusion: "At Their Hours of Preparation"
  • Acknowledgments
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the author
  • Transits

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