Homer and the Question of Strife from Erasmus to Hobbes /

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Wolfe's transnational and multilingual study is a landmark work in the study of classical reception that has a great deal to offer to anyone examining the literary, political, and intellectual life of early modern Europe.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wolfe, Jessica (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2015]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Homer.
Homer > Criticism and interpretation.
Homer > Translations.
Homer > Influence.
Homer > Appreciation.
Social conflict in literature.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
European literature > Renaissance.
Epic poetry, Greek.
Art appreciation.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Ancient & Classical.
Litterature europeenne > 1450-1600 (Renaissance) > Histoire et critique.
Poesie epique grecque > Histoire et critique.
European literature > Renaissance, 1450-1600 > History and criticism.
Epic poetry, Greek > History and criticism.
Translations.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Homer, Erasmus, and the problem of strife
  • The remedy of contraries : Melanchthon, Rabelais, and epic parody
  • Spenser, Homer, and the mythography of strife. Part 1 : the concatenation of virtue
  • Part 2 : the two faces of Atê
  • Chapman's ironic Homer
  • The razor's edge : Homer, Milton, and the problem of deliberation. Part 1 : the razor's edge
  • Part 2 : moral horizons : Milton's Horai
  • Hobbe's Homer and the idols of the Agora
  • Epilogue : the Homeric contest from Vico to Arendt.

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