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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Format: | Print Book |
Language: | English |
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Pittsburgh, Pa.
Duquesne University Press
2005
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In: | Year: 2005 |
Reviews: | [Rezension von: Lindheim, Nancy, The Virgilian Pastoral Tradition: From the Renaissance to the Modern Era] (2007) (Stewart, Alan)
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Series/Journal: | Medieval & Renaissance literary studies
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Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
English language
/ Pastoral poetry
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Further subjects: | B
Renaissance
England
B Virgil Influence B Virgil B Renaissance (England) B Virgil Appreciation (Great Britain) B Pastoral literature, English History and criticism B English literature Roman influences |
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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 The Shepheardes calender as Virgilian pastoral -- Pastoral and masque at Ludlow -- Pastoral and Georgic in Lycidas -- The inclusion of fable : Daphnis and Chloe and Faerie queene 6 -- As you like it : "Hast any philosophy in thee, Shepherd?" -- The winter's tale as pastoral tragicomedy -- The exclusion of song : Wordsworth and Beckett |
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Item Description: | Literaturverz. S. 344 - 369 |
ISBN: | 0820703729 |