Cultivating Peace The Virgilian Georgic in English, 1650-1750 |
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| Author:
| Schoenberger, Melissa |
| Series title: | Transits: Literature, Thought and Culture 1650-1850 Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-68448-048-7 |
| Publication Date: | May 2019 |
| Publisher: | Bucknell University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $170.00 |
Book Description:
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Like Virgil, who depicted a farmer's scythe suddenly recast as a sword, the poets discussed here imagine states of peace and war to be fundamentally and materially linked. In distinct ways, they dismantle the dream of the golden age renewed, proposing instead that peace must be sustained by constant labor.
Like Virgil, who depicted a farmer's scythe suddenly recast as a sword, the poets discussed here imagine states of peace and war to be fundamentally and materially linked. In distinct ways, they dismantle the dream of the golden age renewed, proposing instead that peace must be sustained by constant labor.