The choice of Odysseus : Homeric ethics in Renaissance epic and opera

The choice of Odysseus : Homeric ethics in Renaissance epic and opera / Sarah Van der Laan.

'The Choice of Odysseus' demonstrates how the 'Odyssey' provided Renaissance authors and readers with a poetic ethics for their age. Sarah Van der Laan reconstructs Renaissance readings of the 'Odyssey' by Petrarch, Poliziano, Ariosto, Tasso, Spenser, Monteverdi, and Mi...

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Main Author: Van der Laan, Sarah Phillips (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Series:Classical presences.
Subjects:
Homer > Influence.
Homer > Appreciation.
Epic poetry > History and criticism.
European poetry > Renaissance, 1450-1600 > History and criticism.
Literature: history & criticism.
Literature.
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary:'The Choice of Odysseus' demonstrates how the 'Odyssey' provided Renaissance authors and readers with a poetic ethics for their age. Sarah Van der Laan reconstructs Renaissance readings of the 'Odyssey' by Petrarch, Poliziano, Ariosto, Tasso, Spenser, Monteverdi, and Milton to recover a powerful Renaissance tradition of Odyssean epic.
Item Description:Also issued in print: 2024.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Audience:Specialized.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191823817
0191823813
9780192524263
0192524267
9780191084171
0191084174
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 05, 2024).

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