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UNINA9910915696403321 |
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Autore |
Lehtonen Kelly |
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Titolo |
Heroic awe : the sublime and the remaking of Renaissance epic / / Kelly Lehtonen |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Toronto : , : University of Toronto Press, , [2023] |
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ISBN |
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1-4875-4539-8 |
1-4875-4540-1 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Epic poetry, European - History and criticism |
Heroic virtue in literature |
Sublime, The, in literature |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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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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Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Sublime in Renaissance Epic -- 1 Longinus in Renaissance Theories of Heroic Poetry -- 2 The Tassoan Sublime and the Counter-Reformation: Charisma and Romance in the Gerusalemme liberata -- 3 Divine Mystery and the Inscrutable Sublime in Du Bartas's Les Semaines -- 4 Spenser's Protestant Sublime in the Legend of Holiness -- 5 Milton's Sacrificial Sublime: Idolatry and Relationship in Paradise Lost -- Conclusion: Virgil, Empire, and Sublimity in Paradise Regained -- Notes -- References -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Heroic Awe studies the impact of the philosophy of the sublime on the genre of Renaissance epic poetry. |
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