Homer and the politics of authority in Renaissance France [[electronic resource] /] / Marc Bizer

• Autore: Bizer Marc
• Pubblicazione: New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (258 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.94401/1
• Soggetto topico: Monarchy - France - History - 16th century; Renaissance - France; Authority - History - 16th century
• Soggetto geografico: France Politics and government 16th century; France Intellectual life 16th century
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- Making Homer French, 1530-1560. Guillaume Bude: instituting a Homeric French king -- Jean Dorat: toward an official French Homeric idiom -- Royal mythography and its discontents: Joachim du Bellay and Etienne de la Boetie -- Homer and the problem of authority during the wars of religion (1560-1592). Homer and the war of words -- Reading Homer across the religious divide: Guillaume Paquelin & Jean de Sponde -- Trojan-French chaos: Garnier's La Troade, Homer, and raison d'etat -- Montaigne, La Boetie, Homer: from parliament to parley -- Conclusion.
• Sommario/riassunto: This text disputes the notion that humanists in 16th-century France were ivory-tower academics detached from the world. Through their interpretations of Homer, they participated in national debates about sovereignty and contributed to the development of a French national consciousness.
• Titolo autorizzato: Homer and the politics of authority in Renaissance France
• ISBN: 1-283-21578-0; 9786613215789; 0-19-987570-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996206168903316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: Classical presences.