Cultivating peace :: the Virgilian Georgic in English, 1650-1750 /

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 con...

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1. Verfasser: Schoenberger, Melissa, 1987- (VerfasserIn)
Körperschaft: Bucknell University Press
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Lewisburg, Pennsylvania : Bucknell University Press, [2019]
Schriftenreihe:Transits (Bucknell University)
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xiii, 168 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1684480515
9781684480517

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