Title Pietas from Vergil to Dryden / James D. Garrison

Published University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©1992

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Description 1 online resource (x, 340 pages) Series Book collections on Project MUSE Contents 1. Pietas -- 2. Auctores Pietatis: Classical and Christian Ideas of Pietas -- 3. History: Pietas and Roman Destiny -- 4. Governance: Royal and Ecclesiastical Pietas in the Middle Ages -- 5. Love: Dido and Pietas in the Early Renaissance -- 6. War: Turnus and Pietas in the Later Renaissance -- 7. Heredes Pietatis: Pietas and Piety in the Work of John Dryden Summary For centuries the most revered poem in the Western literary canon, Vergil's Aeneid celebrates the Roman virtue of pietas. In the preface to his English translation of the poem, John Dryden attempts to explain all that this virtue includes: "Piety alone," he writes, "comprehends the whole Duty of Man towards the Gods, towards his Country, and towards his Relations." Dryden's definition belongs to a dialogue about meaning that reflects a history of contention over religious, political, and moral issues of enduring cultural significance. Because it is the site of antagonism between pagan and Christian, republican and imperialist, emperor and pope, Protestant and Catholic, pietas and its derivatives in the modern languages bring to literary works multiple contexts of ideological dispute. This book traces the history of the Vergilian ideal from classical Latin to neoclassical English literature. In the process, it comparatively engages interpretation of a range of literary works diversely responsive to the Aeneid: from the histories and historical epics of the Silver Age, to the medieval mirrors for magistrates, to Renaissance adaptations of Aeneid 4 and 12, and finally to Dryden's complete translation Analysis Aeneas (Legendary character) in literature Dryden, John Knowledge Literature Duty in literature Geschichte 29 v. Chr.-1700 Latin language Semantics Literature, Medieval Roman influences Literature, Modern Roman influences Pietas (The Latin word) Piety in literature Turnus (Legendary character) in literature Virgil Influence Virtue in literature Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-327) and indexes Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL pda Print version record Subject Dryden, John, 1631-1700 -- Knowledge -- Literature Virgil -- Influence SUBJECT Aeneas (Legendary character) -- In literature Virgil -- Influence Dryden, John, 1631-1700 -- Knowledge -- Literature Aeneas (Legendary character) fast Dryden, John, 1631-1700 fast Virgil fast Subject Aeneas (Legendary character) in literature Turnus (Legendary character) in literature. Literature, Medieval -- Roman influences Literature, Modern -- Roman influences Latin language -- Semantics Pietas (The Latin word) Virtue in literature. Piety in literature. Duty in literature. 17.93 themes and motives in literature. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Etymology. Duty in literature Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Latin language -- Semantics Literature Literature, Medieval -- Roman influences Literature, Modern -- Roman influences Pietas (The Latin word) Piety in literature Turnus (Legendary character) in literature Virtue in literature Pietät Motiv Lyrik Geschichte Vroomheid. Letterkunde. Geschichte 29 v. Chr.-1700. Genre/Form Literature History (form) Form Electronic book LC no. 91012139 ISBN 9780271075402 0271075406 9780271075389 0271075384

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