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050 00 $aPA3015.A37$bK76 2009
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100 1 $aKronenberg, Leah,$d1976-
245 10 $aAllegories of farming from Greece and Rome :$bphilosophical satire in Xenophon, Varro and Virgil /$cLeah Kronenberg.
260 $aCambridge ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2009.
300 $axi, 223 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 186-204) and indexes.
505 0 $aPart I. Xenophon's Oeconomicus. Socrates and Critobulus (Oec. 1-6) -- A philosopher and a gentleman (Oec. 7-21) -- Part II. Varro's De Re Rustica. The art of farming -- The morality of farming -- The politics of farming -- Part III. Virgil's Georgics. Virgil's satire on farming -- Farmers and poets.
500 $a"In this study 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"--Preliminary page.
650 0 $aAgriculture in literature.
650 0 $aSatire, Greek$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aSatire, Latin$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aAgriculture, Ancient$zGreece.
650 0 $aAgriculture, Ancient$zRome.
600 00 $aXenophon.$tOeconomicus.
600 10 $aVarro, Marcus Terentius.$tRerum rusticarum libri tres.
600 00 $aVirgil.$tGeorgica.
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