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Autore: | Wolfe Jessica |
Titolo: | Homer and the question of strife from Erasmus to Hobbes / / Jessica Wolfe |
Pubblicazione: | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2015 |
©2015 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (624 p.) |
Disciplina: | 883/.01 |
Soggetto topico: | Epic poetry, Greek - History and criticism |
European literature - Renaissance, 1450-1600 - History and criticism | |
Social conflict in literature | |
LITERARY CRITICISM / General | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Translations. |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. | |
Electronic books. | |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Homer, Erasmus, and the problem of strife -- The remedy of contraries : Melanchthon, Rabelais, and epic parody -- Spenser, Homer, and the mythography of strife. Part 1 : the concatenation of virtue -- Part 2 : the two faces of Atê -- Chapman's ironic Homer -- The razor's edge : Homer, Milton, and the problem of deliberation. Part 1 : the razor's edge -- Part 2 : moral horizons : Milton's Horai -- Hobbe's Homer and the idols of the Agora -- Epilogue : the Homeric contest from Vico to Arendt. |
Sommario/riassunto: | Wolfe's transnational and multilingual study is a landmark work in the study of classical reception that has a great deal to offer to anyone examining the literary, political, and intellectual life of early modern Europe. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Homer and the question of strife from Erasmus to Hobbes |
ISBN: | 1-4426-2268-7 |
1-4426-2267-9 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910797677503321 |
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