 | The Criticism of Didactic Poetry: Essays on Lucretius, Virgil, and Ovid Subjects: Didactic poetry Latin -- History and criticism; Lucretius Carus Titus. De rerum natura; Virgil. Georgica; Ovid 43 b.c.–17 or 18 a.d. Ars amatoria; Dalzell presents three of the major didactic poems in the classical canon, the De rerum natura of Lucretius, the Georgics of Virgil, and the Ars amatoria of Ovid, and considers what tools are available for their understanding. Dalzell Alexander : Alexander Dalzell is professor emeritus of classics at the University of Toronto (Trinity College). |
