Virgil's Fourth Eclogue in the Italian Renaissance (Hardcover)

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 as introducing a large number of other, lesser-known items, some of which have not appeared in print since their original publication, while others are extant only in manuscript. Individual chapters are devoted to the uses made of the fourth Eclogue in the political panegyric of Medici Florence, the Venetian Republic and the Renaissance papacy, and to religious appropriations of the Virgilian text in the genres of epic and pastoral poetry. The book also investigates the appearance of quotations from the poem in fifteenth- and sixteenth-century fresco cycles representing the prophetic Sibyls in Italian churches.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2019
Authors:	L.B.T. Houghton
Dimensions:	235 x 157 x 34mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	390
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-49992-7
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Poetry & poets > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > History of ideas, intellectual history Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Western philosophy, c 500 to c 1600 > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Western philosophy, c 500 to c 1600 > General
LSN:	1-108-49992-9
Barcode:	9781108499927

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