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Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition
Contributor(s): Gale, Monica R. (Author)
ISBN: 0521781116     ISBN-13: 9780521781114
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
OUR PRICE:   $70.29  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: December 2000
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Annotation: Virgil's agricultural poem, the Georgics, forms part of a long tradition of didactic epic going back to the archaic poet Hesiod. This book explores the relationship between the Georgics and earlier works in the didactic tradition, particularly Lucretius' De Rerum Natura ("On the Nature of Things"). It is the first comprehensive study of Virgil's use of Lucretian themes, imagery, ideas and language; it also proposes a new reading of the poem as a whole, as a confrontation between the Epicurean philosophy of Lucretius and the opposing world views of his predecessors.
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BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | Ancient & Classical
- Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical
- Language Arts & Disciplines
Dewey: 871.01
LCCN: 99462247
Lexile Measure: 1570
Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6" W x 9" (1.46 lbs) 336 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
 
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Virgil's agricultural poem, the Georgics, forms part of a long tradition of didactic epic going back to the archaic poet Hesiod. This book explores the relationship between the Georgics and earlier works in the didactic tradition, particularly Lucretius' De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things). It is the first comprehensive study of Virgil's use of Lucretian themes, imagery, ideas and language; it also proposes a new reading of the poem as a whole, as a confrontation between the Epicurean philosophy of Lucretius and the opposing world views of his predecessors.