The Treatment of Ancient Legend and History in Bodmer / Anthony Scenna.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scenna, Anthony, author.

Series:

Columbia University Germanic Studies

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1937]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Studies Swiss scholar Bodmer and his treatment of ancient historical and legendary material, particularly in his ethical and political dramas.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

I. Aims and Materials

II. The Development of Bodmer's Interest in the Ancients

III. Dramas of Legend and Prophecy

IV. Dramas of Ethical Import

V. Political Dramas

VI. Poems

VII. Conclusion: Bodmer's Interpretation of the Ancient World

Appendix. Bodmer's Translations from Ancient Authors

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-89790-1

OCLC:

1100431476