Virgil's elements : physics and poetry in the Georgics / David O. Ross, Jr.

Professor Ross presents the Georgics as a poem of science, of the power and ultimate failure of knowledge. Exploring the science that Virgil knew and used, he analyzes the oppositions and balances of lire and water, of the qualities of hot and cold, wet and dry, throughout the poem. These the farmer...

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author:	Ross, David O. (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1987.
Series:	Princeton legacy library.
Subjects:	Virgil. > Georgica. Virgil > Knowledge > Physics. Virgil. Georgica (Virgil) Didactic poetry, Latin > History and criticism. Agriculture in literature. Physics in literature. Didactic poetry, Latin. Literature. Physics. Rome > In literature. Rome (Empire) Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Table of Contents:

Frontmatter
CONTENTS
PREFACE
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER TWO: BOOK I
CHAPTER THREE: BOOK II
CHAPTER FOUR: BOOK III
CHAPTER FIVE: BOOK IV
CHAPTER SIX: AN OVERVIEW
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
INDEX LOCORUM
INDEX NOMINUM ET RERUM.

Virgil's elements : physics and poetry in the Georgics / David O. Ross, Jr.

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