Book by Morgan Llewelyn
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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.
"This is clearly a learned book and I have learned a lot from reading it..." Robert Cramer, Universitaet Bonn, email
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Destinations, frais et délaisVendeur : Powell's Bookstores Chicago, ABAA, Chicago, IL, Etats-Unis
Etat : Used - Very Good. 1999. Hardcover. Cloth, d.j. Some shelf-wear. Else clean copy. Very Good. N° de réf. du vendeur SON000017464
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Vendeur : Powell's Bookstores Chicago, ABAA, Chicago, IL, Etats-Unis
Etat : Used - Like New. 1999. Hardcover. Fine. Dust Jacket is Fine. N° de réf. du vendeur BR18943
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Vendeur : Kloof Booksellers & Scientia Verlag, Amsterdam, Pays-Bas
Etat : very good. Cambridge & New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999. Hardcover. Paperback. x,255 pp. (Cambridge classical studies). Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Trinity College, Cambridge. Condition : very good copy. ISBN 9780521651660. Keywords : CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY, N° de réf. du vendeur 191109
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Hb. Etat : VG+. Etat de la jaquette : VG. 1st. 255pp. Rear cover Dj lightly scratched. Notes; biblio.; index. N° de réf. du vendeur 068297
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8vo. pp x, 255. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered gilt on spine. ISBN: 0521651662 Fine in fine dust jacket. N° de réf. du vendeur C25210
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Etat : Gut. X, 255 Seiten / p. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - sehr guter Zustand / very good condition - Current orthodoxy interprets the Georgies 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. ISBN 9780521651660 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 419 14,0 x 1,9 x 21,6 cm, Originalhardcover mit Schutzumschlag / with dust jacket. N° de réf. du vendeur 1185283
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