Virgil's elements
Subtitle: physics and poetry in the Georgics
By: David O. Ross, Jr.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
Subjects: Virgil; Virgil -- Knowledge -- Physics; Didactic poetry, Latin -- History and criticism; Agriculture in literature; Physics in literature; Rome in literature
Description: Examines the "Elements" of Virgil's "Georgics": both the elements of the physical world (earth, air, fire, and water) and the ideas, motifs and themes of Virgil's poetic thought.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 243-248.
Includes indexes.