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UNINA9910784080403321 |
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Autore |
Battles Dominique <1964-, > |
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Titolo |
The medieval tradition of Thebes : history and narrative in the OF Roman de Thebes, Boccaccio, Chaucer, and Lydgate / / by Dominique Battles |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 |
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ISBN |
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1-135-87949-4 |
1-135-87950-8 |
1-280-15440-3 |
0-203-50285-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (256 p.) |
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Collana |
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Studies in medieval history and culture |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Literature, Medieval - History and criticism |
Seven against Thebes (Greek mythology) in literature |
Narration (Rhetoric) - History - To 1500 |
Sibling rivalry in literature |
Rhetoric, Medieval |
Thebes (Greece) In literature |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-229) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Credits; Series Editor's Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction Statius in the Middle Ages; Chapter One The OF Roman de Thè€bes: The Ancients vs. the Moderns; Chapter Two Boccaccio's Teseida and the Destruction of Troy; Chapter Three Restoring Thebes: Chaucer's Theban Poems; Chapter Four Faulty Connections: The Theban Context of the Troilus; Chapter Five John Lydgate's Siege of Thebes: Breaking the Theban Curse; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The first comprehensive study of the classical legend of Thebes in the Middle Ages. |
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