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035 _a(OCoLC)979969590
035 _a(OCoLC)980195531
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100 1 _aWeeda, Leendert,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aVergil´s Political Commentary :
_bin the Eclogues, Georgics and Aeneid /
_cLeendert Weeda.
264 1 _aWarsaw ;
_aBerlin :
_bDe Gruyter Open Poland,
_c[2015]
264 4 _c©2015
300 _a1 online resource
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tPreface And Acknowledgements --
_t1 Introduction, Political Opinions, Propaganda --
_t2 The Context --
_t3 The Eclogues And The Georgics --
_t4 The Aeneid: An Epic With A Commentary On Contemporary Affairs --
_t5 Vergil's Political Views. Was He His Master's Voice? --
_tBibliography --
_tIndex
506 0 _aOpen Access
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520 _aIn the book titled Vergil's political commentary in Eclogues, Georgics and Aeneid, the author examines Vergil's political views by analyzing the whole of the poet's work. He introduces the notion of the functional model suggesting that the poet often used this instrument when making a political statement. New interpretations of a number of the Eclogues and passages of the Georgics and the Aeneid are suggested and the author concludes that Vergil's political engagement is visible in much of his work. During his whole career the poet was consistent in his views on several major political themes. These varied from, the distress caused by the violation of the countryside during and after the expropriations in the 40s B.C., to the horrors of the civil war and the violence of war in general, and the necessity of strong leadership. Vergil hoped and expected that Octavian would establish peace and order, and he supported a form of hereditary kingship for which he considered Octavian a suitable candidate. He held Cleopatra in high regard, and he appreciated a more meaningful role for women in society. Vergil wrote poetry that supported Augustus, but he had also the courage to criticize Octavian and his policies. He was a commentator with an independent mind and was not a member of Augustus' putative propaganda machine.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
540 _aThis eBook is made available Open Access. Unless otherwise specified individually in the content, the work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) license:
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546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 15. Jun 2019)
650 0 _aGreek language and literature. Latin language and literature.
650 4 _aAugustus and his policy.
650 4 _aCommentary on contemporary political issues.
650 4 _aFunctional and literary model.
650 4 _aVergil.
650 7 _aLITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical.
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856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1515/9783110426427
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