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Patterns of Redemption in Virgil's Georgics

TaschenbuchKartoniert, Paperback
266 Seiten
Englisch
Cambridge University Presserschienen am14.04.2011
At the time of this book's first publication in 1999, orthodoxy interpreted 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. 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. 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 and the providential world-view it was thought to embody.mehr
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KlappentextAt the time of this book's first publication in 1999, orthodoxy interpreted 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. 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. 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 and the providential world-view it was thought to embody.
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ISBN/GTIN978-0-521-15512-0
ProduktartTaschenbuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
Erscheinungsjahr2011
Erscheinungsdatum14.04.2011
Seiten266 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 140 mm, Höhe 216 mm, Dicke 16 mm
Gewicht380 g
Artikel-Nr.12444848
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GenreRomane Taschenbuch

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction; Part I. Prima ab Origine: 1. The Old Man of the Sea; 2. Aristeia; Part II. Mirabile Dictu: 3. Ox and paradox; 4. Poeta creatus; Postscript: Sphragis; Appendix I. Proteus and Proteus; Appendix II. 4.400; Appendix III. Sparsere per agros.mehr
Kritik
"This is clearly a learned book and I have learned a lot from reading it..." Robert Cramer, Universitaet Bonn, emailmehr