Theocritus' Pastoral Analogies

by Kathryn J. Gutzwiller

In a book as beautifully written as the poetry it celebrates, Kathryn Gutzwiller uses the famous 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.
Gutzwiller argues that Theocritus' position as first pastoralist has haunted critical assessments of him. Was he merely a beginner, whose simple descriptions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299129446
• ISBN13: 9780299129446
• Release Date: September 1991
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"