The Resource From many gods to one : divine action in Renaissance epic, Tobias Gregory
From many gods to one : divine action in Renaissance epic, Tobias Gregory
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- Summary
- Epic poets of the Renaissance looked to emulate the poems of Greco-Roman antiquity, but doing so presented a dilemma: what to do about the gods? Divine intervention plays a major part in the epics of Homer and Virgil--indeed, quarrels within the family of Olympian gods are essential to the narrative structure of those poems--yet poets of the Renaissance recognized that the cantankerous Olympians could not be imitated too closely. The divine action of their classical models had to be transformed to accord with contemporary tastes and Christian belief. From Many Gods to One offers the first compar
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 247 pages)
- Contents
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- The polytheistic model : Homer and Virgil
- Neo-Latin epic : Petrarch and Vida
- Providence, irony, and magic : Orlando furioso
- With God on our side : Gerusalemme liberata
- The tragedy of creaturely error : Paradise lost
- Isbn
- 9780226307565
- Label
- From many gods to one : divine action in Renaissance epic
- Title
- From many gods to one
- Title remainder
- divine action in Renaissance epic
- Statement of responsibility
- Tobias Gregory
- Subject
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- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Dichtkunst
- Dieu dans la littérature
- Electronic books
- Epic poetry, European
- Epic poetry, European -- History and criticism
- European poetry -- Renaissance
- European poetry -- Renaissance, 1450-1600 -- History and criticism
- God in literature
- 1450-1600
- Goden
- Gods in literature
- Gods in literature
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- General
- Poésie européenne -- 1450-1600 (Renaissance) -- Histoire et critique
- Poésie épique européenne -- Histoire et critique
- TRAVEL -- Special Interest | Literary
- God in literature
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Epic poets of the Renaissance looked to emulate the poems of Greco-Roman antiquity, but doing so presented a dilemma: what to do about the gods? Divine intervention plays a major part in the epics of Homer and Virgil--indeed, quarrels within the family of Olympian gods are essential to the narrative structure of those poems--yet poets of the Renaissance recognized that the cantankerous Olympians could not be imitated too closely. The divine action of their classical models had to be transformed to accord with contemporary tastes and Christian belief. From Many Gods to One offers the first compar
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Gregory, Tobias
- Dewey number
- 809.1/3209351
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- English
- LC call number
- PN1333.G63
- LC item number
- G74 2006eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Epic poetry, European
- European poetry
- God in literature
- Gods in literature
- Poésie épique européenne
- Poésie européenne
- Dieu dans la littérature
- TRAVEL
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- Epic poetry, European
- European poetry
- God in literature
- Gods in literature
- Dichtkunst
- Goden
- Label
- From many gods to one : divine action in Renaissance epic, Tobias Gregory
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-235) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The polytheistic model : Homer and Virgil -- Neo-Latin epic : Petrarch and Vida -- Providence, irony, and magic : Orlando furioso -- With God on our side : Gerusalemme liberata -- The tragedy of creaturely error : Paradise lost
- Control code
- 527731021
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 247 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780226307565
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)527731021
- Label
- From many gods to one : divine action in Renaissance epic, Tobias Gregory
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-235) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The polytheistic model : Homer and Virgil -- Neo-Latin epic : Petrarch and Vida -- Providence, irony, and magic : Orlando furioso -- With God on our side : Gerusalemme liberata -- The tragedy of creaturely error : Paradise lost
- Control code
- 527731021
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 247 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780226307565
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)527731021
Subject
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Dichtkunst
- Dieu dans la littérature
- Electronic books
- Epic poetry, European
- Epic poetry, European -- History and criticism
- European poetry -- Renaissance
- European poetry -- Renaissance, 1450-1600 -- History and criticism
- God in literature
- 1450-1600
- Goden
- Gods in literature
- Gods in literature
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- General
- Poésie européenne -- 1450-1600 (Renaissance) -- Histoire et critique
- Poésie épique européenne -- Histoire et critique
- TRAVEL -- Special Interest | Literary
- God in literature
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