Medieval Literature in Translation
Medieval Literature in Translation

Author: Charles W. Jones

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2013-01-18

Total Pages: 1025

ISBN-13: 0486149048

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Comprehensive anthology contains exquisite cross-section of Western medieval literature, from Boethius and Augustine to Dante, Abelard, Marco Polo, and Villon, in masterful translations. "No better anthology exists." — Commonweal.

Homer the Theologian
Homer the Theologian

Author: Robert Lamberton

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1989-04-20

Total Pages: 383

ISBN-13: 0520066073

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Here is the first survey of the surviving evidence for the growth, development, and influence of the Neoplatonist allegorical reading of the Iliad and Odyssey. Professor Lamberton argues that this tradition of reading was to create new demands on subsequent epic and thereby alter permanently the nature of European epic. The Neoplatonist reading was to be decisive in the birth of allegorical epic in late antiquity and forms the background for the next major extension of the epic tradition found in Dante.

A Companion to Ancient Epic
A Companion to Ancient Epic

Author: John Miles Foley

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2008-11-03

Total Pages: 706

ISBN-13: 1405188383

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A Companion to Ancient Epic presents for the first time a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of ancient Near Eastern, Greek and Roman epic. It offers a multi-disciplinary discussion of both longstanding ideas and newer perspectives. A Companion to the Near Eastern, Greek, and Roman epic traditions Considers the interrelation between these different traditions Provides a balanced overview of longstanding ideas and newer perspectives in the study of epic Shows how scholarship over the last forty years has transformed the ways that we conceive of and understand the genre Covers recently introduced topics, such as the role of women, the history of reception, and comparison with living analogues from oral tradition The editor and contributors are leading scholars in the field Includes a detailed index of poems, poets, technical terms, and important figures and events