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Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (xxiv, 114 pages) |
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spelling | Virgil. Georgica. English Virgil's Georgics : a new verse translation / by Janet Lembke. Georgics New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2005. 1 online resource (xxiv, 114 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier data file Yale new classics Print version record. Contents -- Translatorâ€?s Note -- Introduction -- Book One -- Book Two -- Book Three -- Book Four -- Notes to the Translation -- Glossary Virgils Georgics is a paean to the earth and all that grows and grazes there. It is an ancient work, yet one that speaks to our times as powerfully as it did to the poets. This unmatched translation presents the poem in an American idiom that is elegant and sensitive to the meaning and rhythm of the original. Janet Lembke brings a faithful version of Virgils celebratory poem to modern readers who are interested in classic literature and who relish reading about animals and gardens. The word georgics means farming. Virgil was born to a farming family, and his poem gives specific instructions to Italian farmers along with a passionate message to care for the land and for the crops and animals that it sustains. The Georgics is also a heartfelt cry for returning farmers and their families to land they had lost through a series of dispiriting political events. It is often considered the most technically accomplished and beautiful of all of Virgils work. English. Didactic poetry, Latin Translations into English. Agriculture Poetry. Poésie didactique latine Traductions anglaises. Agriculture Poésie. LITERARY CRITICISM General. bisacsh Agriculture fast Didactic poetry, Latin fast Poetry https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D055821 poetry. aat Poetry fast Translations fast Poetry. lcgft http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026481 Poésie. rvmgf Lembke, Janet. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80045979 Print version: Virgil. Georgica. English. Virgil's Georgics. New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2005 0300107927 9780300107920 (DLC) 2004024962 (OCoLC)56809524 Yale new classics. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2005047368 |
spellingShingle | Virgil Virgil's Georgics : a new verse translation / Yale new classics. Contents -- Translatorâ€?s Note -- Introduction -- Book One -- Book Two -- Book Three -- Book Four -- Notes to the Translation -- Glossary Didactic poetry, Latin Translations into English. Agriculture Poetry. Poésie didactique latine Traductions anglaises. Agriculture Poésie. LITERARY CRITICISM General. bisacsh Agriculture fast Didactic poetry, Latin fast |
subject_GND | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D055821 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026481 |
title | Virgil's Georgics : a new verse translation / |
title_alt | Georgica. Georgics |
title_auth | Virgil's Georgics : a new verse translation / |
title_exact_search | Virgil's Georgics : a new verse translation / |
title_full | Virgil's Georgics : a new verse translation / by Janet Lembke. |
title_fullStr | Virgil's Georgics : a new verse translation / by Janet Lembke. |
title_full_unstemmed | Virgil's Georgics : a new verse translation / by Janet Lembke. |
title_short | Virgil's Georgics : |
title_sort | virgil s georgics a new verse translation |
title_sub | a new verse translation / |
topic | Didactic poetry, Latin Translations into English. Agriculture Poetry. Poésie didactique latine Traductions anglaises. Agriculture Poésie. LITERARY CRITICISM General. bisacsh Agriculture fast Didactic poetry, Latin fast |
topic_facet | Didactic poetry, Latin Translations into English. Agriculture Poetry. Poésie didactique latine Traductions anglaises. Agriculture Poésie. LITERARY CRITICISM General. Agriculture Didactic poetry, Latin Poetry poetry. Translations Poetry. Poésie. |
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