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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Auteur principal: Lindheim, Nancy 1936- (Auteur)
Type de support: Imprimé Livre
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Pittsburgh, Pa. Duquesne University Press 2005
Dans:Année: 2005
Recensions:[Rezension von: Lindheim, Nancy, The Virgilian Pastoral Tradition: From the Renaissance to the Modern Era] (2007) (Stewart, Alan)
Collection/Revue:Medieval & Renaissance literary studies
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Anglais / Poésie pastorale
Sujets non-standardisés: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
Accès en ligne: Autorenbiografie (Verlag)
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Résumé:"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
Description:Literaturverz. S. 344 - 369
ISBN:0820703729