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Record Nr.

UNINA9910915696403321

Autore

Lehtonen Kelly

Titolo

Heroic awe : the sublime and the remaking of Renaissance epic / / Kelly Lehtonen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto : , : University of Toronto Press, , [2023]

ISBN

1-4875-4539-8

1-4875-4540-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

809.1/32

Soggetti

Epic poetry, European - History and criticism

Heroic virtue in literature

Sublime, The, in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

Heroic Awe studies the impact of the philosophy of the sublime on the genre of Renaissance epic poetry.