Patterns Of Redemption In Virgil's Georgics

This text takes issue with the model of the subtly subversive poet. It argues that in the turbulent political circumstances which obtained at the time of the po... » 

This text takes issue with the model of the subtly subversive poet. It argues that in the turbulent political circumstances which obtained at the time of the poem's composition, Virgil's preoccupation with violent conflict has a highly optimistic import. «