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Playing the farmer [electronic resource] : representations of rural life in Vergil's Georgics / Philip Thibodeau.

By: Thibodeau, Philip (Philip J.), 1970-.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Series: Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature. Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011Description: 326 p.Subject(s): Virgil. Georgica | Agriculture in literature | Didactic poetry, Latin -- History and criticism | Epic poetry, Classical -- History and criticism | Allusions | Rome -- In literatureGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 871/.01 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
Introduction -- Agricolae -- Playing the farmer -- Nobility in rustication -- A protreptic to agronomy -- To enchant readers -- The reception of the Georgics in early Imperial Rome -- Appendix 1. Vergil's economic status -- Appendix 2. Early readership of The georgics.
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871/.01 (Browse shelf) Available

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction -- Agricolae -- Playing the farmer -- Nobility in rustication -- A protreptic to agronomy -- To enchant readers -- The reception of the Georgics in early Imperial Rome -- Appendix 1. Vergil's economic status -- Appendix 2. Early readership of The georgics.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.