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Le relazioni del lavoro in Virgilio

  • Del A. Maticic

This essay draws on ecocriticism to explore the concept of labor in Vergil's works as a connective force linking humans and nonhumans together.

  • Keywords:
  • Vergil,
  • ecocriticism,
  • relationality,
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Del A. Maticic

Vassar College, United States - ORCID: 0000-0002-9314-119X

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Chapter Title

Le relazioni del lavoro in Virgilio

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Del A. Maticic

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Italian

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10.36253/979-12-215-0319-7.13

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2024

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Idee di lavoro e di ozio per la nostra civiltà

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Giovanni Mari, Francesco Ammannati, Stefano Brogi, Tiziana Faitini, Arianna Fermani, Francesco Seghezzi, Annalisa Tonarelli

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2024

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Firenze University Press

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