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Playing the farmer representations of rural life in Vergil's Georgics

Title
Playing the farmer [electronic resource] : representations of rural life in Vergil's Georgics / Philip Thibodeau.
Author
Thibodeau, Philip (Philip J.), 1970-
Publication
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011.

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Description
1 online resource (326 p.)
Uniform Title
Playing the farmer (Online)
Alternative Title
Playing the farmer (Online)
Subject
  • Virgil
  • Agriculture in literature
  • Didactic poetry, Latin > History and criticism
  • Epic poetry, Classical > History and criticism
  • Allusions
  • Rome > In literature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-304) and index.
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  • Access restricted to authorized users.
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.
LCCN
2010053842
OCLC
ssj0000524860
Author
Thibodeau, Philip (Philip J.), 1970-
Title
Playing the farmer [electronic resource] : representations of rural life in Vergil's Georgics / Philip Thibodeau.
Imprint
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-304) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available onsite at NYPL
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