The choice of Achilles : the ideology of figure in the epic /

This book examines the ways that Classical and Renaissance epic poems often work against their expressed moral and political values. It combines a formal and tropological analysis that stresses difference and disjunction with a political analysis of the epic's figurative economy. It offers an i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wofford, Susanne Lindgren, 1952- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford : Stanford University Press, 1992.
Temas:
Spenser, Edmund, > 1552?-1599. > Faerie queene.
Virgil. > Aeneis.
Homer. > Iliad.
Spenser, Edmund, > 1552?-1599 > Faerie queene.
Virgile. > Aeneis.
Homère > Iliade.
Homerus > ca. v8. Jh. > Ilias
Spenser, Edmund > 1552-1599 > The faerie queene
Vergilius Maro, Publius > v70-v19 > Aeneis
Homerus. > Ilias.
Vergilius Maro, Publius. > Aeneis.
Spenser, Edmund. > Faerie queene.
Aeneis (Virgil)
Faerie queene (Spenser, Edmund)
Iliad (Homer)
1500-1599
Classicism > England > History > 16th century.
Epic poetry, English > Classical influences.
Epic poetry > History and criticism.
Figures of speech.
Epic poetry, English.
Epic poetry.
Poésie épique anglaise.
Poésie épique.
Classicisme > Angleterre > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Poésie épique anglaise > Influence ancienne.
Poésie épique > Histoire et critique.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
Classicism.
Charakterisierung
Epos
Ideologie
Poetik
Ilias (Homerus)
Aeneis (Vergilius)
The Faerie Queene (Spenser)
England.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • CONTENTS
  • INTRODUCTION: IDEOLOGY AND TROPE IN EPIC ARGUMENT
  • Chapter One. THE POLITICS OF THE SIMILE IN THE ILIAD
  • Chapter Two. THE AENEID: THE POWER OF THE FIGURE
  • Chapter Three. THE FIGURATIVE ECONOMY OF THE AENEID
  • ON SECOND PARTS
  • Chapter Four. THE EPISTEMOLOGIES OF ERRANTRY IN THE FAERIE QUEENE
  • Chapter Five. THE POLITICS OF ALLEGORY IN THE FAERIE QUEENE
  • Chapter Six. THE COMPULSION OF TROPE: TWO PARADIGMS
  • NOTES
  • WORKS CITED
  • INDEX O F CITATIONS
  • GENERAL INDEX

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