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UNINA9910812470503321 |
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Autore |
Welch Anthony <1975-> |
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Titolo |
The Renaissance epic and the oral past / / Anthony Welch |
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New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2012 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (viii, 260 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Epic poetry, European - History and criticism |
Epic literature, European - Classical influences |
European poetry - Renaissance, 1450-1600 - History and criticism |
European literature - 17th century - History and criticism |
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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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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Tasso's silent lyre -- The oldest song: Ronsard and Spenser -- Interchapter: The lutanist and the nightingale -- Harps in Babylon: Cowley, Davenant, Butler -- Milton's lament -- Epic opera -- Coda: The singer withdraws. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book offers a close survey of the changing audiences, modes of reading, and cultural expectations that shaped epic writing in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.According to Anthony Welch, the theory and practice of epic poetry in this period-including little-known attempts by many epic poets to have their work orally recited or set to music-must be understood in the context of Renaissance musical humanism. Welch's approach leads to a fresh perspective on a literary culture that stood on the brink of a new relationship with antiquity and on the history of music in the early modern era. |
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