Homer and the question of strife from Erasmus to Hobbes / / Jessica Wolfe
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Wolfe Jessica
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| Titolo: |
Homer and the question of strife from Erasmus to Hobbes / / Jessica Wolfe
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| 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.: | 9910816964003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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