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Mirabile Dictu - Representations of the Marvelous in Medieval and Renaissance Epic (Hardcover)
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Mirabile Dictu - Representations of the Marvelous in Medieval and Renaissance Epic (Hardcover)
Series: Stylus: Studies in Medieval Culture
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Mirabile Dictu covers in six separate chapters the works of Virgil,
Dante, Boccaccio, Ariosto, Tasso, and Spenser. Its broad aim is to
provide a select cross-section of works in the Middle Ages and
Renaissance in order systematically to examine and compare for the
first time the marvelous in the light of epic genre, of literary
and critical theory (both past and present), and of historically
and culturally determined representational practices. Douglas Biow
organizes this volume around the literary topos of the bleeding
branch through which a metamorphosed person speaks. In each chapter
the author takes this marvellous event as his starting point for a
broad-ranging comparison of the several poets who employed the
image; he also investigates the ways in which a period's notion of
history underpins its representations of the marvelous. This method
offers a controlled yet flexible framework within which to develop
readings that engage a multiplicity of theories and approaches.
Mirabile Dictu offers not only an insightful survey of the literary
connections among this group of important poets, but also a useful
point of departure for scholars and students intrigued by the reuse
of epic conventions, by the peculiar role of marvellous events in
dramatic poetry, and by the later history of classical literature.
Douglas Biow is Assistant Professor of Italian and Comparative
Literature, University of Texas, Austin.
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