The Virgilian pastoral tradition: from the Renaissance to the modern era
"This study contributes to a dialogue about the scope and meaning of pastoral, arguing for a more socially and aesthetically complex awareness of its significance. The study is text-based rather than thesis-driven, dealing mainly with Renaissance works by Spenser, Milton, and Shakespeare, but g...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Pittsburgh, Pa.
Duquesne University Press
2005
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| In: | Year: 2005 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Lindheim, Nancy, The Virgilian Pastoral Tradition: From the Renaissance to the Modern Era] (2007) (Stewart, Alan)
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| Series/Journal: | Medieval & Renaissance literary studies
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
English language
/ Pastoral poetry
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| Further subjects: | B
Renaissance
England
B Virgil B Renaissance (England) B Pastoral literature, English History and criticism B English literature Roman influences |
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| Summary: | "This study contributes to a dialogue about the scope and meaning of pastoral, arguing for a more socially and aesthetically complex awareness of its significance. The study is text-based rather than thesis-driven, dealing mainly with Renaissance works by Spenser, Milton, and Shakespeare, but grounds itself in Virgil and concludes with pastoral's transmuted afterlife in Wordsworth and Samuel Beckett"--Provided by publisher The Shepheardes calender as Virgilian pastoral -- Pastoral and masque at Ludlow -- Pastoral and Georgic in Lycidas -- The inclusion of fable : Daphnis and Chloe and Faerie queene 6 -- As you like it : "Hast any philosophy in thee, Shepherd?" -- The winter's tale as pastoral tragicomedy -- The exclusion of song : Wordsworth and Beckett |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverz. S. 344 - 369 |
| Physical Description: | X, 378 S |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8207-0372-5 0-8207-0372-9 |
