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The Other Virgil : Pessimistic Readings of the Aeneid in Early Modern Culture.

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The Other Virgil tells the story of how a classic like the Aeneid can say different things to different people. As a school text it was generally taught to support the values and ideals of a succession of postclassical societies, but between 1500 and 1800 a number of unusually sensitive readers resp...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kallendorf, Craig
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : OUP Oxford, 2007.
Series:Classical presences.
Subjects:
Virgil. > Aeneid.
Aeneas > (Legendary character)
Aeneis (Virgil)
Aeneas (Legendary character) in literature.
Epic poetry, Latin > History and criticism.
Poésie épique latine > Histoire et critique.
Ancient & Classical.
LITERARY CRITICISM.
Semiotics & Theory.
Renaissance.
Epic poetry, Latin
Literature
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • List of Figures; Introduction; 1. Marginalization; 2. Colonization; 3. Revolution; Conclusion; Appendix 1. Manuscripts of Filelfo's Sphortias; Appendix 2. Filelfo's Virgilian Studies; Select Bibliography; Index.