Reading After Actium : Vergil's Georgics, Octavian, and Rome.

Reading after Actium is a study of Vergil's Georgics, a didactic poem ostensibly about farming but in fact a brilliant exercise challenging readers to develop a broader perspective on the basic problems and the dangers of human life. Octavian is treated as one of the poet's students and gi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: University of Michigan Press 2010.
Temas:
Virgil. > Georgica.
Augustus, > Emperor of Rome, > 63 B.C.-14 A.D. > In literature.
Augustus, > Emperor of Rome, > 63 B.C.-14 A.D. > Influence.
Virgil > Political and social views.
Augustus, > Emperor of Rome, > 63 B.C.-14 A.D.
Virgil.
Georgica (Virgil)
31-31 B.C.
Didactic poetry, Latin > History and criticism.
Politics and literature > Rome.
Agriculture in literature.
Actium, Battle of, 31 B.C.
Emperors in literature.
Poésie didactique latine > Histoire et critique.
Politique et littérature > Rome.
Agriculture dans la littérature.
Bataille d'Actium, 31 av. J.-C.
Empereurs dans la littérature.
Didactic poetry, Latin.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Literature.
Political and social views.
Politics and literature.
Rome > In literature.
Rome (Empire)
Electronic resource.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • PREFACE; CONTENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION: READING THE GEORGICS; 1 KINGS OF GODS AND MEN; 2 THE RIDDLES OF BACCHUS; 3 THE FIRE IN THE FLESH; 4 PUZZLES OF GLORY AND GRIEF; CONCLUSION: THE RETURN OF MELIBOEUS; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; PASSAGES CITED; INDEX.

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