The Italian Romance Epic in the Age of Humanism: The Matter of Italy and the World of Rome

ISBN-13: 9780198160151 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 400 str.

Jane E. Everson; J. E. Everson

Opis

The romance or chivalric epic was the most popular form of literature in Renaissance Italy. This book shows how it owed its appeal to a successful fusion of traditional, medieval tales of Charlemagne and Arthur with the newer cultural themes developed by the revival in classical antiquity that constitutes the key to Renaissance culture.

Recenzje

This admirable book effectively analyses texts and their contexts, insists on the difficulties the romance epic presents, and greatly enriches our understanding of this perplexing, yet undeniably appealing, genre.

O autorze

Jane Everson is Senior Lecturer, Royal Holloway University of London