Vergil's Georgics and the Traditions of Ancient Epic: The Art of Allusion in Literary History
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In this important and original new book, Joseph Farrell argues that there is a detailed and extensive program of literary allusion in Vergil's Georgics, moving basically from Hesiod and Aratus in the first book, to Lucretius in the middle two, to Homer in the fourth. This program involves what he calls "analytic" allusion, namely a reconstruction or interpretation of the texts alluded to; and, he contends, the direction of the allusion, moving from...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0195067061
ISBN13:9780195067064
Release Date:January 1991
Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA
Length:416 Pages
Weight:1.35 lbs.
Dimensions:1.4" x 5.8" x 8.6"
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