The Georgics of Virgil
Subtitle: a critical survey
By: [by] L. P. Wilkinson.
Publisher: Cambridge U.P.
Published: 1969
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 364
Subjects: Virgil; Didactic poetry, Latin -- History and criticism; Agriculture in literature; Rome in literature
Description: In the author's view, the 'Georgics' is far from being tediously didactic; on the contrary, it is vividly descriptive, the first poem in all literature in which description is the chief source of pleasure, a poem written not so much to teach farmers as to delight readers. And it is more than simply this. It is concerned with a way of life, it is infused with deep personal feeling and philosophical purpose, and it is overlaid with a rich texture of religious, political and symbolic motifs. This book is a critical analysis of the poem in all these dimensions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.