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Homer and the question of strife from Erasmus to Hobbes / Jessica Wolfe.
De Gruyter University of Toronto Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wolfe, Jessica, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Homer--Appreciation.
- Homer.
- Homer--Influence.
- Homer--Translations.
- Epic poetry, Greek--History and criticism.
- Epic poetry, Greek.
- European literature--Renaissance, 1450-1600--History and criticism.
- European literature.
- Social conflict in literature.
- Genre:
- Translations.
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (624 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Wolfe's transnational and multilingual study is a landmark work in the study of classical reception that has a great deal to offer to anyone examining the literary, political, and intellectual life of early modern Europe.
- Contents:
- Homer, Erasmus, and the problem of strife
- The remedy of contraries : Melanchthon, Rabelais, and epic parody
- Spenser, Homer, and the mythography of strife. Part 1 : the concatenation of virtue
- Part 2 : the two faces of Atê
- Chapman's ironic Homer
- The razor's edge : Homer, Milton, and the problem of deliberation. Part 1 : the razor's edge
- Part 2 : moral horizons : Milton's Horai
- Hobbe's Homer and the idols of the Agora
- Epilogue : the Homeric contest from Vico to Arendt.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4426-2268-7
- 1-4426-2267-9
- OCLC:
- 921143472
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