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Virgil's Elements: Physics and Poetry in the Georgics
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Publishing Details
Full Title:
Virgil's Elements: Physics and Poetry in the Georgics
Contributors:
By (Author) David O. Ross
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
19th April 2016
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Other Subjects:
Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval
Dewey:
871.01
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Hardback
Number of Pages:
270
Dimensions:
Width 127mm, Height 203mm
Weight:
369g
Description
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 manipulates to create the balance necessary for g
