Vergil's Georgics and the Traditions of Ancient Epic

Vergil's Georgics and the Traditions of Ancient Epic The Art of Allusion in Literary History

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Publisher's Synopsis

The author argues that there is a detailed and extensive programme of literary allusion in the "Georgics", involving a reconstruction or interpretation of texts which moves from Hesiod and Aratus in the first book, to Lucretius in the second, to Homer in the third.

Book information

ISBN: 9780195067064
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 871.01
DEWEY edition: 20
Language: English
Number of pages: 389
Weight: 598g
Height: 210mm
Width: 140mm
Spine width: 33mm