Virgil on the nature of things : the Georgics, Lucretius, and the didactic tradition

Virgil on the nature of things : the Georgics, Lucretius, and the didactic tradition / Monica R. Gale.

This book explores the relationship between the Georgics and earlier works in the didactic tradition. 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.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gale, Monica (Monica R.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Subjects:
Virgil. > Georgica.
Lucretius Carus, Titus. > De rerum natura.
Lucretius Carus, Titus > Influence.
Virgil > Knowledge > Literature.
Virgil > Philosophy.
Lucretius Carus, Titus
Virgil
De rerum natura (Lucretius Carus, Titus)
Georgica (Virgil)
Didactic poetry, Latin > History and criticism.
Philosophy, Ancient, in literature.
Allusions in literature.
Intertextuality.
Allusions.
allusion.
POETRY > Ancient, Classical & Medieval.
Allusions
Allusions in literature
Didactic poetry, Latin
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Intertextuality
Literature
Philosophy
Philosophy, Ancient, in literature
Rome > In literature.
Rome (Empire)
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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