An anthology divided into eight broadly chronological sections, each preceded by an introduction tracing the development of the pastoral tradition and its relation to the changing social conditions of a particular period. Includes formal eclogues, pastoral drama, country-house poems, poems about agriculture in the style of Virgil's Georgics , and poems that satirize or denounce the pastoral tradition. xvii plus 539 pages with Index of Authors and Index of First Lines and Titles. 5.2 x 7.75 inches. Penguin Books, Middlesex, England, 1982.
English Pastoral Verse
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- UPC:
- 9780140421781
- Maximum Purchase:
- 2 units
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 1982-07-29
- Release Date:
- 1982-07-01
- Language:
- english