The choice of Odysseus : Homeric ethics in Renaissance epic and opera /

'The Choice of Odysseus' demonstrates how the 'Odyssey' provided Renaissance authors and readers with a poetic ethics for their age. Sarah Van der Laan reconstructs Renaissance readings of the 'Odyssey' by Petrarch, Poliziano, Ariosto, Tasso, Spenser, Monteverdi, and Mi...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Van der Laan, Sarah Phillips
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2024.
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
'The Choice of Odysseus' demonstrates how the 'Odyssey' provided Renaissance authors and readers with a poetic ethics for their age. Sarah Van der Laan reconstructs Renaissance readings of the 'Odyssey' by Petrarch, Poliziano, Ariosto, Tasso, Spenser, Monteverdi, and Milton to recover a powerful Renaissance tradition of Odyssean epic.
Umfang:
1 online resource (245 pages)
Anmerkungen:
Also issued in print: 2024.
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-182381-3
0-19-108417-4
0-19-252426-7
Schlagworte:
Homer > Influence.
Homer > Appreciation.
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