Virgil's Elements : Physics and Poetry in the Georgics /

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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. These the farmer...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ross, David O. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1987.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Virgil.
Virgile > Et la physique.
Virgile > Georgica.
Virgil. > Georgica.
Virgil > Knowledge > Physics.
Georgica (Virgil)
Klassieke oudheid.
Latijn.
Elementen (natuurfilosofie)
Gedichten.
Physics in literature.
Physics.
Literature.
Didactic poetry, Latin.
Agriculture in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
Agriculture dans la litterature.
Poesie didactique latine > Histoire et critique.
Physique dans la litterature.
Didactic poetry, Latin > History and criticism.
Rome (Empire)
Rome > In literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
  • CHAPTER TWO: BOOK I
  • CHAPTER THREE: BOOK II
  • CHAPTER FOUR: BOOK III
  • CHAPTER FIVE: BOOK IV
  • CHAPTER SIX: AN OVERVIEW
  • BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
  • INDEX LOCORUM
  • INDEX NOMINUM ET RERUM.

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