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

Author/creator Thibodeau, Philip, 1970-
Format Book
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press, ©2011.
Description326 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 291-304) and index.
LCCN 2010053842
ISBN9780520268326 (alk. paper)
ISBN0520268326 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks PA6804.G4 T48 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold