Virgil's Elements: Physics and Poetry in the Georgics - Princeton Legacy Library - Ross David O. Jr. - Books - Princeton University Press - 9780691637969 - April 19, 2016
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Virgil's Elements: Physics and Poetry in the Georgics - Princeton Legacy Library

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Professor Ross presents the Georgics as a poem of science, of the power and ultimate failure of knowledge. Exploring the science that Virgil knew and used, he analyzes the oppositions and balances of lire and water, of the qualities of hot and cold, wet and dry, throughout the poem. These the farmer manipulates to create the balance necessary for g


270 pages, black & white illustrations

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released April 19, 2016
ISBN13 9780691637969
Publishers Princeton University Press
Pages 270
Dimensions 210 × 134 × 23 mm   ·   410 g
Language English  

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