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| Genre/Form: | Translations into English Poetry Poésie |
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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Nelson, Stephanie A. (Stephanie Anne), 1958- God and the land. New York : Oxford University Press, 1998 (OCoLC)607094748 |
| Named Person: | Hesiod.; Virgil.; Hésiode.; Virgile.; Hésiode (07.-07. av. J.-C).; Virgile (0070?-0019 av. J.-C.).; Hésiode; Virgile; Publius Vergilius Maro; Hesiodus.; Virgil. |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Stephanie A Nelson; David Grene; Hesiod. |
| ISBN: | 0195117409 9780195117400 9780195373349 0195373340 |
| OCLC Number: | 36798257 |
| Description: | xvi, 252 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Hesiod's Works and Days -- Introduction: Hesiod, Poet and Farmer -- 1. The Composition of Hesiod's Poems. The Composition of the Theogony. The Composition of the Works and Days. The Farmer's Year -- 2. The Mythic Background. Hesiod's Outlook. Pandora and the Nature of Hardship. The Five Ages: The History of Hardship. Hesiod's Fable and the Justice of Zeus -- 3. The Composition of the Georgics: Vergil's Farm. Roman Farming. Vergil's Works and Days. Vergil and the Animals -- 4. God. The Divine Order. Zeus and His Children. The Theology of Farming. The Gods of the Georgics. The Georgic of Force. The Georgic of Understanding -- 5. The Human Context. Justice, Perception, and Farming. The Balance of Justice. The Place of Justice. Force and Order: Vergil and Caesar. The Third Georgic: The Problem of the Individual. The Fourth Georgic: The Promise of the Whole -- 6. The Place of Nature. The City, the Farm, and Nature. Orpheus and Aristaeus. Hesiod and the Balance of Nature. |
| Responsibility: | Stephanie A. Nelson ; with a translation of Hesiod's Works and days / by David Grene. |
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<br>"God and the Land offers perceptive readings in clear prose. English translations precede all citations from Latin and Greek. Nelson's discussion, which always begins with basics, would be a useful introduction for undergraduates." --Religious Studies Review<br>"[A] sensitive reading of the Works and Days and the Georgics.... This book deserves careful reading and the highest admiration." --The Journal of Religion<br> Read more...
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- Mythology, Classical, in literature.
- Agriculture -- Greece -- Poetry.
- Agriculture in literature.
- Gods, Greek, in literature.
- Gods, Roman, in literature.
- Metaphysics in literature.
- Farm life in literature.
- Seasons in literature.
- Virgil. -- Georgica.
- Hésiode. -- Travaux et les jours.
- Virgile. -- Georgica.
- Poésie didactique ancienne -- Histoire et critique.
- Poésie didactique grecque -- Traductions anglaises.
- Mythologie ancienne dans la littérature.
- Agriculture -- Grèce -- Poésie.
- Agriculture dans la littérature.
- Dieux grecs dans la littérature.
- Dieux romains dans la littérature.
- Métaphysique dans la littérature.
- Landbouw.
- Opera et dies (Hesiodus)
- Georgica (Vergilius)
- Filosofische aspecten.
- Hésiode (07.-07. av. J.-C). -- Travaux et les jours.
- Virgile (0070?-0019 av. J.-C.). -- Georgica.
- Hésiode, -- (07.?-07.? av. J.-C.)
- Virgile, -- (0070-0019 av. J.-C.)
- Dieux grecs -- Dans la littérature.
- Vergilius Maro, Publius.
- Hesiodus.
- Opera et dies.
- Landwirtschaft <Motiv>
- Mythologie.
- Virgil. -- Georgics.
