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Author Kronenberg, Leah, 1976-

Title Allegories of farming from Greece and Rome : philosophical satire in Xenophon, Varro and Virgil / Leah Kronenberg
Published Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 223 pages)
Contents 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
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Xenophon. Oeconomicus.
Varro, Marcus Terentius. Rerum rusticarum libri tres.
Virgil. Georgica
Xenophon. Oeconomicus.
Varro, Marcus Terentius. Res rusticae.
Vergilius Maro, Publius. Georgica.
SUBJECT Georgica (Virgil) fast
Oeconomicus (Xenophon) fast
Rerum rusticarum libri tres (Varro, Marcus Terentius) fast
Subject Agriculture in literature.
Satire, Greek -- History and criticism
Satire, Latin -- History and criticism
Agriculture, Ancient -- Greece
Agriculture, Ancient -- Rome
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Ancient & Classical.
Agriculture, Ancient
Agriculture in literature
Satire, Greek
Satire, Latin
Satire
Greece
Rome (Empire)
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780511729041
0511729049
9780511725746
0511725744
9780511729973
0511729979