| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 607 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Homer -- Appreciation
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Homer -- Influence
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Homer -- Translations
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Homer -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Homer fast |
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Epic poetry, Greek -- History and criticism
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Social conflict in literature.
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European literature -- Renaissance, 1450-1600 -- History and criticism
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Ancient & Classical.
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Art appreciation
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Epic poetry, Greek
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European literature -- Renaissance
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Social conflict in literature
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Translations
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781442622678 |
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1442622679 |
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