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Patterns of redemption in Virgil's Georgics, Llewelyn Morgan

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Summary
  • "Current orthodoxy interprets the Georgics as a statement of profound ambivalence towards Octavian and his claim to be Rome's saviour after the catastrophe of the civil wars. This book takes issue with the model of the subtly subversive poet which has dominated scholarship for the last quarter of a century. It argues that in the turbulent political circumstances which obtained at the time of the poem's composition, Virgil's preoccupation with violent conflict has a highly optimistic import. Octavian's brutal conduct in the civil wars is subjected to a searching analysis, but is ultimately vindicated, refigured as a paradoxically constructive violence analogous to blood sacrifice or Romulus' fratricide of Remus, a prerequisite of the foundation of Rome
  • The vindication of Octavian also has strictly literary implications for Virgil. The close of the poem sees Virgil asserting his mastery of the Homeric mode of poetry, the most sublime available, and the providential world-view it was thought to embody."--Jacket
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
x, 255 pages
Note
Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Trinity College, Cambridge
Contents
  • Part I, Prima ab origine. The old man of the sea ; Aristeia
  • Part II, Mirabile dictu. Ox and paradox ; Poeta creatus
  • Postscript. Sphragis
  • Appendix I. Proteus and Prōteús [in Greek script]
  • Appendix II. [Georgics and the Odyssey] 4.400
  • Appendix III. Sparsere per agros
Isbn
9780521651660
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Patterns of redemption in Virgil's Georgics
Title
Patterns of redemption in Virgil's Georgics
Statement of responsibility
Llewelyn Morgan
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Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
  • "Current orthodoxy interprets the Georgics as a statement of profound ambivalence towards Octavian and his claim to be Rome's saviour after the catastrophe of the civil wars. This book takes issue with the model of the subtly subversive poet which has dominated scholarship for the last quarter of a century. It argues that in the turbulent political circumstances which obtained at the time of the poem's composition, Virgil's preoccupation with violent conflict has a highly optimistic import. Octavian's brutal conduct in the civil wars is subjected to a searching analysis, but is ultimately vindicated, refigured as a paradoxically constructive violence analogous to blood sacrifice or Romulus' fratricide of Remus, a prerequisite of the foundation of Rome
  • The vindication of Octavian also has strictly literary implications for Virgil. The close of the poem sees Virgil asserting his mastery of the Homeric mode of poetry, the most sublime available, and the providential world-view it was thought to embody."--Jacket
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Morgan, Llewelyn
Index
index present
LC call number
PA6804.G4
LC item number
M67 1999
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Virgil
  • Augustus
  • Virgil
  • Virgil
  • Virgile
  • Virgile
  • Augustus
  • Virgil
  • Virgile, 0070?-0019 av. J.-C
  • Virgile (0070-0019 av. J.-C.)
  • Virgile
  • Protée
  • Civil War (Rome : 43-31 B.C.)
  • Rome
  • Rome
  • Rome (Empire)
  • Political poetry, Latin
  • Didactic poetry, Latin
  • Politics and literature
  • Agriculture in literature
  • Redemption in literature
  • Rhetoric, Ancient
  • Poésie politique latine
  • Poésie didactique latine
  • Politique et littérature
  • Agriculture dans la littérature
  • Rédemption dans la littérature
  • Rhétorique ancienne
  • Auguste, empereur romain, 63 av. J.-C.-14 dans la littérature
  • Agriculture in literature
  • Didactic poetry, Latin
  • Literature
  • Political and social views
  • Political poetry, Latin
  • Politics and literature
  • Redemption in literature
  • Rhetoric, Ancient
  • War and literature
  • Georgica (Vergilius)
  • Politieke situatie
  • Rédemption
Label
Patterns of redemption in Virgil's Georgics, Llewelyn Morgan
Instantiates
Publication
Note
Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Trinity College, Cambridge
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-251) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Part I, Prima ab origine. The old man of the sea ; Aristeia -- Part II, Mirabile dictu. Ox and paradox ; Poeta creatus -- Postscript. Sphragis -- Appendix I. Proteus and Prōteús [in Greek script] -- Appendix II. [Georgics and the Odyssey] 4.400 -- Appendix III. Sparsere per agros
Dimensions
23 cm.
Extent
x, 255 pages
Isbn
9780521651660
Isbn Type
(hb)
Lccn
98044171
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (OCoLC)39905591
  • (OCoLC)ocm39905591
Label
Patterns of redemption in Virgil's Georgics, Llewelyn Morgan
Publication
Note
Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Trinity College, Cambridge
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-251) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Part I, Prima ab origine. The old man of the sea ; Aristeia -- Part II, Mirabile dictu. Ox and paradox ; Poeta creatus -- Postscript. Sphragis -- Appendix I. Proteus and Prōteús [in Greek script] -- Appendix II. [Georgics and the Odyssey] 4.400 -- Appendix III. Sparsere per agros
Dimensions
23 cm.
Extent
x, 255 pages
Isbn
9780521651660
Isbn Type
(hb)
Lccn
98044171
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (OCoLC)39905591
  • (OCoLC)ocm39905591

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