Virgil On The Nature Of Things
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Virgil On The Nature Of Things
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Author : Monica R. Gale
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2000-11-09
Virgil On The Nature Of Things written by Monica R. Gale and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-11-09 with History categories.
The Georgics has for many years been a source of fierce controversy among scholars of Latin literature. Is the work optimistic or pessimistic, pro- or anti-Augustan? Should we read it as a eulogy or a bitter critique of Rome and her imperial ambitions? This book suggests that the ambiguity of the poem is the product of a complex and thorough-going engagement with earlier writers in the didactic tradition: Hesiod, Aratus and - above all - Lucretius. Drawing on both traditional, philological approaches to allusion, and modern theories of intertextuality, it shows how the world-views of the earlier poets are subjected to scrutiny and brought into conflict with each other. Detailed consideration of verbal parallels and of Lucretian themes, imagery and structural patterns in the Georgics forms the basis for a reading of Virgil's poem as an extended meditation on the relations between the individual and society, the gods and the natural environment.
Virgil On The Nature Of Things
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Author : Monica R. Gale
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2000-11-09
Virgil On The Nature Of Things written by Monica R. Gale and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-11-09 with History categories.
Virgil's agricultural poem, the Georgics, forms part of a long tradition of didactic epic going back to the archaic poet Hesiod. This book explores the relationship between the Georgics and earlier works in the didactic tradition, particularly Lucretius' De Rerum Natura ("On the Nature of Things"). It is the first comprehensive study of Virgil's use of Lucretian themes, imagery, ideas and language; it also proposes a new reading of the poem as a whole, as a confrontation between the Epicurean philosophy of Lucretius and the opposing world views of his predecessors.
On The Nature Of Things
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Author : Lucretius
language : en
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
Release Date : 2001-03-09
On The Nature Of Things written by Lucretius and has been published by Hackett Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-03-09 with Philosophy categories.
Martin Ferguson Smith's work on Lucretius is both well known and highly regarded. However, his 1969 translation of De Rerum Natura -- long out of print -- is virtually unknown. Readers will share our excitement in the discovery of this accurate and fluent prose rendering. For this edition, Professor Smith provides a revised translation, new Introduction, headnotes and bibliography. Martin Ferguson Smith is Professor of Classics Emeritus, Univ. of Durham, United Kingdom. Among his scholarly achievements are his revisions of the Rouse translation of De Rerum Natura for the Loeb Classical Library.
On The Nature Of Things
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Author : Lucretius
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-11-07
On The Nature Of Things written by Lucretius and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-07 with categories.
On The Nature of Things (De Rerum Natura) stands with Virgil's Aeneid as one of the vital and enduring achievements of Latin literature. Lost for more than a thousand years, its return to circulation in 1417 reintroduced subversive ideas about the nature and meaning of existence and helped shape the modern world.
Virgil S Experience
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Author : Richard Jenkyns
language : en
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Release Date : 1998-11-26
Virgil S Experience written by Richard Jenkyns and has been published by Clarendon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-11-26 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book studies Virgil's ideas of nature, history, sense of nation, and sense of identity. It is exact and patient in its probing for nuance and detail, but also bold, wide, and original in its scope. It combines the study of Virgil with the study of attitudes to nature throughout antiquity. Blending literature with history, and in the case of Lucretius, philosophy, it offers a vision and an interpretation of the culture of the 1st century BC as a whole. It argues that Lucretius and Virgil affected a revolution in Western sensibility; claiming that a book about poetry should be a book about life, it combines scholarship and precision with a sense of the importance of literature and its capacity to enhance our understanding of our past and of ourselves.
Of The Nature Of Things
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Author : T. Lucretius Carus
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-09-15
Of The Nature Of Things written by T. Lucretius Carus and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-15 with Poetry categories.
"Of the Nature of Things" is a first-century BCE didactic poem by the Roman poet and philosopher Lucretius to explain Epicurean philosophy to a Roman audience. In this work, T. Lucretius Carus presents the view that the world can be described by the function of material forces and natural laws. So, one should not fear the gods or death.
Of The Nature Of Things
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Author : Titus Lucretius Carus
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1714
Of The Nature Of Things written by Titus Lucretius Carus and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1714 with categories.
On The Nature Of Things
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Author : Titus Lucretius Carus
language : en
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Release Date : 2004-01-01
On The Nature Of Things written by Titus Lucretius Carus and has been published by Courier Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-01-01 with Philosophy categories.
The Roman philosopher's didactic poem in 6 parts, De Rerum Natura — On the Nature of Things — theorizes that natural causes are the forces behind earthly phenomena and dismisses divine intervention. Derived from the philosophical materialism of the Greeks, Lucretius' work remains the primary source for contemporary knowledge of Epicurean thought.
The Nature Of Things
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Author : Titus Lucretius Carus
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1805
The Nature Of Things written by Titus Lucretius Carus and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1805 with Latin poetry categories.
The Nature Of Things
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Author : Titus Lucretius Carus
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1805
The Nature Of Things written by Titus Lucretius Carus and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1805 with categories.