Table of Contents

Preface; Introduction; 2. Early life of Virgil; 3. The conception of the 'Georgics'; 4. Composition and structure; 5. The Aristaeus epyllion; 6. Philosophical, moral and religious ideas; 7. Political and social ideas; 8. Poetic approach and art; 9. Agricultural lore; 10. The 'Georgics' in after times; Appendices; Index.

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Mr Wilkinson's comprehensive survey of the Georgics of Virgil combines careful scholarship and shrewd analysis with sober common sense.