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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460305503321

Autore

Warner J. Christopher (James Christopher), <1961->

Titolo

The Augustinian epic, Petrarch to Milton [[electronic resource] /] / J. Christopher Warner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, c2005

ISBN

1-282-64459-9

9786612644597

0-472-02680-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (283 p.)

Disciplina

809.1/3209/0094/

Soggetti

Epic poetry, European - History and criticism

European poetry - Renaissance, 1450-1600 - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-264) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Petrarch's Culpa and Augustine's counsel -- Petrarch's Culpa and the Allegory of the Africa -- Renaissance allegories of the Aeneid: the doctrine of the two Venuses and the epic of the two cities -- Petrarch's Culpa in Gerusalemme liberata -- The epic imitation of Christ: Marco Girolamo Vida's Christiad -- Vergil the evangelist: the Christiad of Alexander Ross -- Augustinian epic in Paradise lost -- Augustinian epic in romance epic: the example of Spenser's Faerie queene.