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| Title: | Georgics
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| Author: | Virgil; Translated by Kristina Chew |
| ISBN: | 0872206092 : 9780872206090 |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Size: | 140x215mm |
| Pages: | 152 |
| Weight: | .223 Kg. |
| Published: | Hackett Publishing - March 2002 |
| List Price: | 7.95 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Poetry & poets: classical; early & medieval: Ancient Greek & Roman philosophy |
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.
