Allusions and reflections : Greek and Roman mythology in Renaissance Europe / / edited by Elisabeth Wåghäll Nivre [and seven others]

• Pubblicazione: Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (498 p.)
• Disciplina: 940.21
• Soggetto topico: Renaissance; Civilization, Medieval - Classical influences; Civilization, Modern - Ancient influences
• Persona (resp. second.): NivreElisabeth Wåghäll
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
• Nota di contenuto: TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; INTRODUCTION; PART I; DOUBLE APHRODITE AND HER REFLECTIONS IN RENAISSANCE PHILOSOPHY; SANTO PAN; FROM MYTH TO THEORY; CREATING MYTHOLOGICAL SPACE; HOMER THE PHILOSOPHER; PART II; RE-CONFIGURING CLASSICAL MYTH IN EARLY-MODERN ENGLAND; FROM ICARUS TO PHAETHON; MARLOWE'S ACT ÆON; "WHAT VENUS DID WITH MARS"; "A SERPENT TO BE GAZED UPON"; SATIRE, SATYRS, AND EARLY MODERN MASCULINITIES IN JOHN MARSTON'S THE SCOURGE OF VILLANIE; PART III; FUNCTIONS OF MYTHOLOGICAL REFERENCESIN RABELAIS' PANTAGRUEL AND GARGANTUA ; MYTHOLOGIES OF WAR AND PEACE IN MALHERBE'S AND AUBIGNÉ'S POETRY UNDER THE SPELL OF SATURN; FROM MYTHOLOGICAL EVENTS TO HISTORICAL EVIDENCE; POLYPHONY OF LOVE IN THE HEPTAMÉRON; A FRENCH 16TH-CENTURY EDITION OF VIRGIL'S AENEID; PART IV; TIMELESS GALLERIES AND POETIC VISIONS IN ROME 1500-1540; A FAREWELL TO ARCADIA; HERO AND LEANDER IN VARIOUS ATTIRES; "DII VETERES FUGERE, NOVIS ALTARIA LUCENT IGNIBUS"; PROTEUS AND THE PURSUIT OF CUPID; CHIRON AND THE AMBIGUITY OF PRINCELY POWER; PART V; MYTHOLOGY; HANS SACHS AND THE INTEGRATION OF THE MUSES INTO GERMAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE; FROM AESOP TO OWLGLASS ; MYTHS OF THE INVENTOR RECONFIGURATIONS OF MYTHOLOGY IN SIXTEENTH-CENTURY LUTHERAN COLLECTIONS OF AESOPIC FABLES; CONTRIBUTORS
• Sommario/riassunto: In June 2012, scholars from a number of disciplines and countries gathered in Stockholm to discuss the representation of ancient mythology in Renaissance Europe. This symposium was an opportunity for the participants to cross disciplinary borders and to problematize a well-researched field. The aim was to move beyond a view of mythology as mere propaganda in order to promote an understanding of ancient tales and fables as contemporary means to explain and comprehend the Early Modern world. W...
• Titolo autorizzato: Allusions and reflections
• ISBN: 1-4438-7891-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910797225203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II