Date of Award
Summer 8-31-2016
Document Type
Thesis: Open Access
Degree Name
MA History
Department
History
Committee Chair
Michael Gonzalez
Committee Co-Chair
Thomas Smith
Abstract
This work examines classical reception in early America. Specifically, it addresses the role of classical ideas on pastoralism in the thought of one of America’s founders, Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson is best known for his role in the forming of United States government, but he was also influential on developing the idea of “America.” As such, his political theory on agrarian republicanism has strong ties to how the classical poets, such as Virgil and Theocritus, likewise thought about the relationship between land and government.
Digital USD Citation
Jordan, Alley, "Virgil in Virginia: Eighteenth-Century Pastoralism and the Novus Ordo Seclorum" (2016). Theses. 10.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/theses/10
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