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Virgil's fourth Eclogue in the Italian Renaissance /

Virgil's fourth Eclogue is one of the most quoted, adapted and discussed works of classical literature. This study traces the fortunes of Eclogue 4 in the literature and art of the Italian Renaissance. It sheds new light on some of the most canonical works of Western art and literature, as well...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Houghton, L. B. T., 1978- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Subjects:
Virgil. > Bucolica. > 4.
Virgil > Influence.
Renaissance > Italy.
Italy > Civilization > Roman influences.
Table of Contents:
  • Eclogue 4: text and translation
  • Prolegomena
  • Introduction: noua progenies
  • A new age: the Virgilian renaissance
  • Politics
  • Florentine fantasies: Maro and the Medici
  • Maritime Maro: Virgil in Venice
  • Princely propaganda: the Italian states
  • Vatican vaticinations: the papal golden age
  • Religion
  • Poet and Christian? : the messianic fourth Eclogue
  • Tua dicere facta: the messianic epic
  • A child is born: the nativity eclogue
  • Teste Sibylla: Virgil in church
  • Epilogue: time regained.