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Georgics
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- Book Synopsis
- Rendered in an idiom drawn from present-day nature guides, gardening handbooks, how-to manuals, and scientific treatises--and in a style influenced by twentieth-century poetry--this bold new translation seeks to renew our appreciation of a work often relegated to the pigeonhole of didactic poetry about farming. In doing so, it reveals the Georgics as a remarkable window on Roman conceptions of the natural world and of the place of human life within it--and also conveys a sense of how daring were Virgil's poetics in their day. Footnotes offer a wealth of information on mythology, agriculture, wildlife, geography, and astronomy while highlighting the technical, scientific, ethnographic, and other registers of the poem.
- About The Author
- Kristina Chew received her Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Yale University.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780872206090
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Company, (15 March 2002)
- Number of Pages
- 174
- Weight
- 226.8 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 215.9 x 139.7 x 11 mm
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