Before Pastoral
1983 book by David M. Halperin
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Before Pastoral: Theocritus and the Ancient Tradition of Bucolic Poetry is a 1983 book about Theocritus by the classicist David M. Halperin.
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| Author | David M. Halperin |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | Theocritus |
| Publisher | Yale University Press |
Publication date | 1983 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 289 |
| ISBN | 978-0300025828 |
Reception
Before Pastoral was praised by the literary scholars Camille Paglia,[1] and Timothy Saunders, who writes that it "still offers the most finely argued case for upholding the distinction between the two categories of 'bucolic' and 'pastoral'."[2]
