03003nam 2200661 a 450 991046213320332120200520144314.00-300-18899-410.12987/9780300188998(CKB)2670000000276611(SSID)ssj0000756763(PQKBManifestationID)11420959(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000756763(PQKBWorkID)10753031(PQKB)11355662(StDuBDS)EDZ0000158273(MiAaPQ)EBC3421083(DE-B1597)486235(OCoLC)820203660(DE-B1597)9780300188998(Au-PeEL)EBL3421083(CaPaEBR)ebr10622972(OCoLC)923601522(EXLCZ)99267000000027661120120430d2012 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrThe Renaissance epic and the oral past[electronic resource] /Anthony WelchNew Haven Yale University Pressc20121 online resource (viii, 260 p.)Yale studies in EnglishBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-300-17886-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Tasso's silent lyre -- The oldest song: Ronsard and Spenser -- Interchapter: The lutanist and the nightingale -- Harps in Babylon: Cowley, Davenant, Butler -- Milton's lament -- Epic opera -- Coda: The singer withdraws.This book offers a close survey of the changing audiences, modes of reading, and cultural expectations that shaped epic writing in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.According to Anthony Welch, the theory and practice of epic poetry in this period-including little-known attempts by many epic poets to have their work orally recited or set to music-must be understood in the context of Renaissance musical humanism. Welch's approach leads to a fresh perspective on a literary culture that stood on the brink of a new relationship with antiquity and on the history of music in the early modern era.Yale studies in English.Epic poetry, EuropeanHistory and criticismEpic literature, EuropeanClassical influencesEuropean poetryRenaissance, 1450-1600History and criticismEuropean literature17th centuryHistory and criticismElectronic books.Epic poetry, EuropeanHistory and criticism.Epic literature, EuropeanClassical influences.European poetryHistory and criticism.European literatureHistory and criticism.809.1/32Welch Anthony1975-1046212MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462133203321The Renaissance epic and the oral past2472958UNINA