Theocritus' pastoral analogies : the formation of a genre /

Theocritus' pastoral analogies : the formation of a genre /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Gutzwiller, Kathryn J.
Imprint:	Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, c1991.
Description:	xiv, 304 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Wisconsin studies in classics
Subject:	Theocritus. -- Idylls Idylls (Theocritus) Pastoral poetry, Greek -- History and criticism Literary form Country life in literature. Literary form. Pastoral poetry, Greek. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1256500

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ISBN:	0299129403 : $47.50 0299129446 (pbk.) : $21.50
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-288) and indexes.

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Summary:	The author uses the Idylls of Theocritus to show us the formative processes at work in the creation of a literary genre - the pastoral - and how the very structure of a genre both shapes and limits judgments about it.
Physical Description:	xiv, 304 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-288) and indexes.
ISBN:	0299129403 0299129446