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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818990303321

Titolo

Allusions and reflections : Greek and Roman mythology in Renaissance Europe / / edited by Elisabeth Wåghäll Nivre [and seven others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4438-7891-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (498 p.)

Disciplina

940.21

Soggetti

Renaissance

Civilization, Medieval - Classical influences

Civilization, Modern - Ancient influences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; INTRODUCTION; PART I; DOUBLE APHRODITE AND HER REFLECTIONS IN RENAISSANCE PHILOSOPHY; SANTO PAN; FROM MYTH TO THEORY; CREATING MYTHOLOGICAL SPACE; HOMER THE PHILOSOPHER; PART II; RE-CONFIGURING CLASSICAL MYTH IN EARLY-MODERN ENGLAND; FROM ICARUS TO PHAETHON; MARLOWE'S ACT ÆON; "WHAT VENUS DID WITH MARS"; "A SERPENT TO BE GAZED UPON"; SATIRE, SATYRS, AND EARLY MODERN MASCULINITIES IN JOHN MARSTON'S THE SCOURGE OF VILLANIE; PART III; FUNCTIONS OF MYTHOLOGICAL REFERENCESIN RABELAIS' PANTAGRUEL AND GARGANTUA

MYTHOLOGIES OF WAR AND PEACE IN MALHERBE'S AND AUBIGNÉ'S POETRY UNDER THE SPELL OF SATURN; FROM MYTHOLOGICAL EVENTS TO HISTORICAL EVIDENCE; POLYPHONY OF LOVE IN THE HEPTAMÉRON; A FRENCH 16TH-CENTURY EDITION OF VIRGIL'S AENEID; PART IV; TIMELESS GALLERIES AND POETIC VISIONS IN ROME 1500-1540; A FAREWELL TO ARCADIA; HERO AND LEANDER IN VARIOUS ATTIRES; "DII VETERES FUGERE, NOVIS ALTARIA LUCENT IGNIBUS"; PROTEUS AND THE PURSUIT OF CUPID; CHIRON AND THE AMBIGUITY OF PRINCELY POWER; PART V; MYTHOLOGY; HANS SACHS AND THE INTEGRATION OF THE MUSES INTO GERMAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE; FROM AESOP TO



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MYTHS OF THE INVENTOR RECONFIGURATIONS OF MYTHOLOGY IN SIXTEENTH-CENTURY LUTHERAN COLLECTIONS OF AESOPIC FABLES; CONTRIBUTORS

Sommario/riassunto

In June 2012, scholars from a number of disciplines and countries gathered in Stockholm to discuss the representation of ancient mythology in Renaissance Europe. This symposium was an opportunity for the participants to cross disciplinary borders and to problematize a well-researched field. The aim was to move beyond a view of mythology as mere propaganda in order to promote an understanding of ancient tales and fables as contemporary means to explain and comprehend the Early Modern world. W...