Virgil's Elements
：Physics and Poetry in the Georgics
( Princeton Legacy Library )
Publication subTitle ：Physics and Poetry in the Georgics
Publication series ：Princeton Legacy Library
Author： Ross David O. Jr.
Publisher： Princeton University Press
Publication year： 2014
E-ISBN: 9781400858620
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780691066998
Subject： I Literature;I06 Literature, Literature Appreciation;I1 World Literature
Keyword： 世界文学,文学
Language： ENG
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Description
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 growth, yet, in Virgil's universe, the potential for destruction inevitably results in a profound pessimism.
Originally published in 1987.
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