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 | | Patterns of Redemption in Virgil's Georgics (Cambridge Classical Studies) by Llewelyn Morgan ISBN-10: 9780521651660 ISBN-10: 0-521-65166-2 ISBN-13: 9780521651660 ISBN-13: 978-0-521-65166-0 Hardcover 1999-08 Cambridge University Press Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description This book is a study of one of the most famous poems of Roman literature, Virgil's Georgics. By close reading of selected passages in the poem it seeks to understand the work in terms of the cultural and political upheavals that were afflicting Rome at the time of its composition. The poem, it argues, constitutes an audacious attempt to explain and justify the violent civil wars that had recently brought Octavian (the future Augustus, with whom Virgil was closely associated) to power in Rome. | ||
Book Description This book is a study of one of the most famous poems of Roman literature, Virgil's Georgics. By close reading of selected passages in the poem it seeks to understand the work in terms of the cultural and political upheavals which were afflicting Rome at the time of its composition. The poem, it argues, constitutes an audacious attempt to explain and justify the violent civil wars which had recently brought Octavian (the future Augustus, with whom Virgil was closely associated) to power in Rome. | ||
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Superb Dr. Llewelyn Morgan has really done a splendid job. I cannot think of a more illuminating or learned text on the Georgics. Morgan's style, wit, and command of detail never fail to impress. A first class effort! | ||