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Author Thibodeau, Philip (Philip J.), 1970-

Title Playing the farmer [electronic resource] : representations of rural life in Vergil's Georgics / Philip Thibodeau.

Imprint Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description 326 p.
Series Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature
Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents Introduction -- Agricolae -- Playing the farmer -- Nobility in rustication -- A protreptic to agronomy -- To enchant readers -- The reception of the Georgics in early Imperial Rome -- Appendix 1. Vergil's economic status -- Appendix 2. Early readership of The georgics.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Virgil. Georgica.
Agriculture in literature.
Didactic poetry, Latin -- History and criticism.
Epic poetry, Classical -- History and criticism.
Allusions.
Rome -- In literature.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780520268326
9780520950252 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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