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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816964003321

Autore

Wolfe Jessica

Titolo

Homer and the question of strife from Erasmus to Hobbes / / Jessica Wolfe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4426-2268-7

1-4426-2267-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (624 p.)

Disciplina

883/.01

Soggetti

Epic poetry, Greek - History and criticism

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

Social conflict in literature

LITERARY CRITICISM / General

Translations.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Homer, Erasmus, and the problem of strife -- The remedy of contraries : Melanchthon, Rabelais, and epic parody -- Spenser, Homer, and the mythography of strife. Part 1 : the concatenation of virtue -- Part 2 : the two faces of Atê -- Chapman's ironic Homer -- The razor's edge : Homer, Milton, and the problem of deliberation. Part 1 : the razor's edge -- Part 2 : moral horizons : Milton's Horai -- Hobbe's Homer and the idols of the Agora -- Epilogue : the Homeric contest from Vico to Arendt.

Sommario/riassunto

Wolfe's transnational and multilingual study is a landmark work in the study of classical reception that has a great deal to offer to anyone examining the literary, political, and intellectual life of early modern Europe.