The other Virgil [[electronic resource] ] : 'pessimistic' readings of the Aeneid in early modern culture / / Craig Kallendorf

• Autore: Kallendorf Craig
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (272 p.)
• Disciplina: 873.01
• Soggetto topico: Aeneas (Legendary character) in literature; Epic poetry, Latin - History and criticism
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-241) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Figures; Introduction; 1. Marginalization; 2. Colonization; 3. Revolution; Conclusion; Appendix 1. Manuscripts of Filelfo's Sphortias; Appendix 2. Filelfo's Virgilian Studies; Select Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The Other Virgil tells the story of how a classic like the Aeneid can say different things to different people. As a school text it was generally taught to support the values and ideals of a succession of postclassical societies, but between 1500 and 1800 a number of unusually sensitive readers responded to cues in the text that call into question what the poem appears to be supporting. This book focuses on the literary works written by these readers, to show howthey used the Aeneid as a model for poems that probed and challenged the dominant values of their society, just as Virgil had done ce
• Titolo autorizzato: The other Virgil
• ISBN: 0-19-160739-8; 1-281-16091-1; 9786611160913; 0-19-152642-8; 1-4356-3105-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996209837603316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: Classical presences.