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Allegories of farming from Greece and Rome : = philosophical satire in Xenophon, Varro and Virgil /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Allegories of farming from Greece and Rome :/ Leah Kronenberg.
Reminder of title:	philosophical satire in Xenophon, Varro and Virgil /
remainder title:	Allegories of Farming from Greece & Rome
Author:	Kronenberg, Leah,
Description:	1 online resource (xi, 223 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	Agriculture in literature. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511729973
ISBN:	9780511729973 (ebook)

Allegories of farming from Greece and Rome : = philosophical satire in Xenophon, Varro and Virgil /
Kronenberg, Leah,1976-

Allegories of farming from Greece and Rome :philosophical satire in Xenophon, Varro and Virgil /Allegories of Farming from Greece & RomeLeah Kronenberg. - 1 online resource (xi, 223 pages) :digital, PDF file(s).

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

1. Socrates and Critobulus (Oec. 1-6) -- 2. A philosopher and a gentleman (Oec. 7-21) -- 3. The art of farming -- 4. The morality of farming -- 5. The politics of farming -- 6. Virgil's satire on farming -- 7. Farmers and poets.

In this book Professor Kronenberg shows that Xenophon's Oeconomicus, Varro's De Re Rustica and Virgil's Georgics are not simply works on farming but belong to a tradition of philosophical satire which uses allegory and irony to question the meaning of morality. These works metaphorically connect farming and its related arts to political life; but instead of presenting farming in its traditional guise as a positive symbol, they use it to model the deficiencies of the active life, which in turn is juxtaposed to a preferred contemplative way of life. Although these three texts are not usually treated together, this book convincingly connects them with an original and provocative interpretation of their allegorical use of farming. It also fills an important gap in our understanding of the literary influences on the Georgics by showing that it is shaped not just by its poetic predecessors but by philosophical dialogue.

ISBN: 9780511729973 (ebook)Subjects--Personal Names:

800867
Xenophon.
Oeconomicus.Subjects--Topical Terms:

800869
Agriculture in literature.

LC Class. No.: PA3015.A37 / K76 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 881/.01

Allegories of farming from Greece and Rome : = philosophical satire in Xenophon, Varro and Virgil /
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