03380nam 2200673 a 450 991097029920332120251117005844.01-282-64459-997866126445970-472-02680-110.3998/mpub.97593(CKB)2670000000040648(OCoLC)651663019(CaPaEBR)ebrary10395633(SSID)ssj0000412354(PQKBManifestationID)11271821(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000412354(PQKBWorkID)10368970(PQKB)10573472(MiAaPQ)EBC3414893(MdBmJHUP)muse9750(MiU)10.3998/mpub.97593(Au-PeEL)EBL3414893(CaPaEBR)ebr10395633(CaONFJC)MIL264459(OCoLC)824100993(iGPub)UMICHB0000391(BIP)46181688(BIP)11270080(EXLCZ)99267000000004064820050325d2005 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe Augustinian epic, Petrarch to Milton /J. Christopher Warner1st ed.Ann Arbor University of Michigan Pressc20051 online resource (283 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-472-11518-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-264) and index.Petrarch's Culpa and Augustine's counsel -- Petrarch's Culpa and the Allegory of the Africa -- Renaissance allegories of the Aeneid: the doctrine of the two Venuses and the epic of the two cities -- Petrarch's Culpa in Gerusalemme liberata -- The epic imitation of Christ: Marco Girolamo Vida's Christiad -- Vergil the evangelist: the Christiad of Alexander Ross -- Augustinian epic in Paradise lost -- Augustinian epic in romance epic: the example of Spenser's Faerie queene.The Augustinian Epic, Petrarch to Milton rewrites the history of the Renaissance Vergilian epic by incorporating the neo-Latin side of the story alongside the vernacular one, revealing how epics spoke to each other across the language gap and together comprised a single, Augustinian tradition of epic poetry. Beginning with Petrarch's Africa, Warner offers major new interpretations of Renaissance epics both famous and forgotten-from Milton's Paradise Lost to a Latin Christiad by his near-contemporary, Alexander Ross-thereby shedding new light on the development of the epic genre. For advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and scholars in the fields of Italian, English, and Comparative literatures as well as the Classics and the history of religion and literature.Epic poetry, EuropeanHistory and criticismEuropean poetryRenaissance, 1450-1600History and criticismEpic poetry, EuropeanHistory and criticism.European poetryHistory and criticism.809.1/3209/0094/Warner J. Christopher(James Christopher),1961-1856722Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan)MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910970299203321The Augustinian epic, Petrarch to Milton4468092UNINA