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The Virgilian pastoral tradition : from the Renaissance to the modern era /

"This study contributes to a dialogue about the scope and meaning of pastoral, arguing for a more socially and aesthetically complex awareness of its significance. The study is text-based rather than thesis-driven, dealing mainly with Renaissance works by Spenser, Milton, and Shakespeare, but g...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lindheim, Nancy, 1936-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Pittsburgh, Pa. : Duquesne University Press, [2005]
Series:Medieval and Renaissance literary studies.
Subjects:
Pastoral literature, English > History and criticism.
Virgil > Appreciation > Great Britain.
English literature > Roman influences.
Renaissance > England.
Virgil > Influence.
Online Access:Table of contents
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Summary:"This study contributes to a dialogue about the scope and meaning of pastoral, arguing for a more socially and aesthetically complex awareness of its significance. The study is text-based rather than thesis-driven, dealing mainly with Renaissance works by Spenser, Milton, and Shakespeare, but grounds itself in Virgil and concludes with pastoral's transmuted afterlife in Wordsworth and Samuel Beckett"--Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:x, 378 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 344-369) and index.
ISBN:0820703729 (alk. paper)