The other Virgil : 'pessimistic' readings of the Aeneid in early modern culture /

The Other Virgil tells the story of how a classic like the Aeneid can say different things to different people. As a school text it was generally taught to support the values and ideals of a succession of postclassical societies, but between 1500 and 1800 a number of unusually sensitive readers resp...

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1. Verfasser:
Kallendorf, Craig
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Zusammenfassung:
The Other Virgil tells the story of how a classic like the Aeneid can say different things to different people. As a school text it was generally taught to support the values and ideals of a succession of postclassical societies, but between 1500 and 1800 a number of unusually sensitive readers responded to cues in the text that call into question what the poem appears to be supporting. This book focuses on the literary works written by these readers, to show howthey used the Aeneid as a model for poems that probed and challenged the dominant values of their society, just as Virgil had done ce
Umfang:
1 online resource (272 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-241) and index.
ISBN:
9786611160913
9780191607394
0191607398
9781281160911
1281160911
9780191526428
0191526428
9781435631052
1435631056
Schlagworte:
Aeneas > (Legendary character) > In literature.
Virgil. > Aeneis.
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