The Eclogues /
The Eclogues of Virgil gave definitive form to the pastoral mode, and these magically beautiful poems, which were influential in so much subsequent literature, perhaps best exemplify what pastoral can do. "Song replying to song replying to song," touchingly comic, poignantly sad, sublimely...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Latin |
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New York :
Heritage Press,
©1960.
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| Summary: | The Eclogues of Virgil gave definitive form to the pastoral mode, and these magically beautiful poems, which were influential in so much subsequent literature, perhaps best exemplify what pastoral can do. "Song replying to song replying to song," touchingly comic, poignantly sad, sublimely joyful, the various music that these shepherds make echoes in scenes of repose and harmony, and of hardship and trouble in work and love. - Amazon. |
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| Item Description: | Translation of Bucolica. Issued in slipcase. |
| Physical Description: | xxvii, 96 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm |