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georgic [ˈdʒɔːdʒɪk] adj (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) Literary agricultural n (Literature / Poetry) a poem about rural or agricultural life [from Latin geōrgicus, from Greek geōrgikos, from geōrgos farmer, from gē land, earth + -ourgos, from ergon work] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The book is divided into two sections: studying Virgil and the established partisan in the Aeneid and the partisan in the making in the Eclogues and Georgics. What is more, Georgics is an explicitly Roman poem, extolling the virtues and products of the Italian farmer and praising the military victories of Augustus. Chico) John Henry Newman's Parochial Sermons is clearly georgic and he closely analyzes it as such, comparing it to the visionary georgics of Lucretius and Wordsworth, with the latter operating from the line of Protestant thought that had been evolving for some time, in which poetry was becoming religion and religion poetry. |
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