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Autore |
Lamberton Robert |
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Homer the theologian : Neoplatonist allegorical reading and the growth of the epic tradition / / Robert Lamberton |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1986 |
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ISBN |
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9786612355486 |
0-520-06607-3 |
0-520-90920-8 |
1-282-35548-1 |
0-585-16426-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xvi, 363 pages) : 1 illustration |
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Collana |
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The transformation of the classical heritage ; ; 9 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Religion in literature |
Allegory |
Neoplatonism |
Epic poetry - History and criticism |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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First paperback printing 1989. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-339) and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- I. THE DIVINE HOMER AND THE BACKGROUND OF NEOPLATONIC ALLEGORY -- II. MIDDLE PLATONISM AND THE INTERACTION OF INTERPRETIVE TRADITIONS -- III. PLOTINIAN NEOPLATONISM -- IV. THE INTERACTION OF ALLEGORICAL INTERPRETATION AND DELIBERATE ALLEGORY -- V. PROCLUS -- VI. THE TRANSMISSION OF THE NEOPLATONISTS' HOMER TO THE LATIN MIDDLE AGES -- AFTERWORD. PRECONCEPTION AND UNDERSTANDING: THE ALLEGORISTS IN MODERN PERSPECTIVE -- APPENDIX I -- APPENDIX II -- APPENDIX III -- APPENDIX IV -- WORKS CITED -- ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL PASSAGES CITED -- INDEX OF GREEK TERMS -- GENERAL INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Here is the first survey of the surviving evidence for the growth, development, and influence of the Neoplatonist allegorical reading of the Iliad and Odyssey. Professor Lamberton argues that this tradition of reading was to create new demands on subsequent epic and thereby |
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