Virgil's map : geography, empire, and the Georgics / Charlie Kerrigan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kerrigan, Charlie, author.

Series:

Bloomsbury studies in classical reception

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Virgil. Georgica.

Virgil.

Virgil--Appreciation--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Virgil--Appreciation--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Imperialism in literature.

Power (Social sciences) in literature.

Geography in literature.

History.

Rome--In literature.

Rome.

Rome (Empire).

Great Britain.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 pages).

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020.

Place of Publication:

London [England] : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"Virgil's Georgics depicts the world and its peoples in great detail, but this geographical interest has received little detailed scholarly attention. Hundreds of years later, readers in the British empire used the poem to reflect upon their travels in acts of imagination no less political than Virgil's own. Virgil's Map combines a comprehensive survey of the literary, economic, and political geography of the Georgics with a case study of its British imperial reception c. 1840-1930. Part One charts the poem's geographical interests in relation to Roman power in and beyond the Mediterranean; shifting readers' attention away from Rome, it explores how the Georgics can draw attention to alternative, non-Roman histories. Part Two examines how British travellers quoted directly from the poem to describe peoples and places across the world, at times equating the colonial subjects of European empires to the 'happy farmers' of Virgil's poem, perceived to be unaware, and in need, of the blessings of colonial rule. Drawing attention to the depoliticization of the poem in scholarly discourse, and using newly discovered archival material, this interdisciplinary work seeks to re-politicize both the poem and its history in service of a decolonizing pedagogy. Its unique dual focus allows for an extended exploration, not just of geography and empire, but of Europe's long relationship with the wider world"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Rome and the Roman empire, 29 BCE. The world and its peoples

Provinicializing Rome

Civil war

'All Italy'

Britain and the Britisn empire, c. 1840-1930. An aesthetic trend

The Georgics abroad

'Happy farmers'

The Georgics at home

Conclusion : towards a decolonizing pedagogy of Latin literature.

Notes:

Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--Trinity College, 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781350151536

OCLC:

1152352786

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