Virgil's schoolboys: the poetics of pedagogy in renaissance England

An examination of the ways in which Virgil's poems were received and employedin the schoolrooms of 16th- and 17th-century England. Andrew Wallace argues that the Roman poet is an original theorist of the nature and mechanics of instruction. INDICE: Introduction; 1: The Poet as Schoolbook; 2: Pastoral and the Painful Schoolmaster; 3: Placement and Pedagogy in the Georgics; 4: Forgetting Epic; Conclusion: 'Virgilius poetarum doctissimus'

• ISBN: 978-0-19-959124-4
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 288
• Fecha Publicación: 25/11/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés