Epic Romance
Homer to Milton
Lieferzeit: Besorgungstitel - Lieferbar innerhalb von 10 Werktagen I
Gewicht:
699 g
Format:
242x164x25 mm
Beschreibung:
This study presents a comprehensive view of the epic tradition from Homer through Virgil, Ariosto, Tasso, Spenser, and the host of minor writers who helped create the idiom within which these writers worked, to the great achievements of Milton. Detailed studies of individual authors in historical context link to develop a powerful explanation of how and why the epic changed from Homer to Milton.
Drawing on up-to-date research, this book presents a comprehensive view of the epic tradition from Homer, through Virgil, Ariosto, Tasso, Spenser and a host of minor writers who helped create the idiom within which these authors worked, to the great achievements of John Milton.
"Hail, muse! etcetera"; Homer - "The Iliad", "The Odyssey"; Virgil; Ariosto; Tasso; Spenser - Spenser and Ariosto - "The Faeri Queene" book III, beyond romance - Spenser and Tasso, ending epic romance; inglorious Spensers - Harington's Ariosto, Fairfax's Tasso, raging barons; inglorious Miltons - Chapman's "Iliads", Chapman's "Odysseys" - "Paradise Lost", death by anatomy - epic after Chapman; Milton - early Milton - wandering muses lost, the genesis of Satan, the romance of hell, falling in love.