02714oam 22004934a 450 991016026830332120201130033005.01-5261-1988-91-5261-0388-5(CKB)3710000001026013(MiAaPQ)EBC4789577(OCoLC)1224157380(MdBmJHUP)muse92807(PPN)242799876(EXLCZ)99371000000102601320201123e20202016 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierSpenser and VirgilThe pastoral poems /Syrithe PughBaltimore, Maryland :Project Muse,2020Baltimore, Md. :Project MUSE, 2020©20201 online resource (350 pages)Manchester Spenser1-5261-0389-3 1-5261-0117-3 Includes bibliographical references (pages [302]-317) and indexes.Intertextuality and allegory in Virgil's Eclogues -- Virgilian negotiations in The shepheardes calender -- Virgilian structure in The shepheardes calender -- Reshaping the Virgilian Cursus : pastoral vocation in 'Astrophel' -- Reimagining the pastoral muse in 'Colin Clouts come home Againe.'Dubbed 'the English Virgil' in his own lifetime, Spenser has been compared to the Augustan laureate ever since. He invited the comparison, expecting a readership intimately familiar with Virgil's works to notice and interpret his rich web of allusion and imitation, but also his significant departures and transformations.This volume considers Spenser's pastoral poetry, the genre which announces the inception of a Virgilian career in The Shepheardes Calender, and to which he returns in Colin Clouts Come Home Againe, throwing the 'Virgilian career' into reverse. His sustained dialogue with Virgil's Eclogues bewrays at once a profound debt to Virgil and a deep-seated unease with his values and priorities, not least his subordination of pastoral to epic. Drawing on the commentary tradition and engaging with current critical debates, this study of Spenser's interpretation, imitation and revision of Virgil casts new light on both poets-and on the genre of pastoral itself.Manchester Spenser.Pastoral poetry, EnglishHistory and criticismElectronic books. Pastoral poetry, EnglishHistory and criticism.821/.309Pugh Syrithe984270MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910160268303321Spenser and Virgil2247994UNINA