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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780695403321

Autore

Dalzell Alexander

Titolo

The criticism of didactic poetry : essays on Lucretius, Virgil, and Ovid / / Alexander Dalzell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1996

©1996

ISBN

1-282-00830-7

9786612008306

1-4426-7360-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Collana

Robson Classical Lectures

Disciplina

809.1914

Soggetti

Pastoral poetry - History and criticism

Livres numeriques.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

e-books.

Electronic books.

Rome In literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

; 1. The Criticism of Didactic Poetry -- ; 2. The De rerum natura of Lucretius -- ; 3. The Philosophical Language of Lucretius -- ; 4. The Georgics of Virgil -- ; 5. Ovid: The Ars amatoria.

Sommario/riassunto

Dalzell presents three of the major didactic poems in the classical canon: the De rerum natura of Lucretius, the Georgics of Virgil, and the Ars amatoria of Ovid, considering what tools are available for their understanding.