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
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- "From Many Gods to One offers the first comparative study of poetic approaches to the problem of epic divine action. Through readings of Petrarch, Vida, Ariosto, Tasso, and Milton, Tobias Gregory describes the narrative and ideological consequences of the epic's turn from pagan to Christian. Drawing on scholarship in several disciplines - religious studies, classics, history, and philosophy, as well as literature - From Many Gods to One sheds new light on two subjects of enduring importance in Renaissance studies: the precarious balance between classical literary models and Christian religious norms and the role of religion in drawing lines between allies and others."--BOOK JACKET
- "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 comparative study of poetic approaches to the problem of epic divine action. Through readings of Petrarch, Vida, Ariosto, Tasso, and Milton, Tobias Gregory describes the narrative and ideological consequences of the epic's turn from pagan to Christian. Drawing on scholarship in several disciplines--religious studies, classics, history, and philosophy, as well as literature--From Many Gods to One sheds new light on two subjects of enduring importance in Renaissance studies: the precarious balance between classical literary models and Christian religious norms and the role of religion in drawing lines between allies and others."--Publisher's website
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 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
- 9780226307558
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- "From Many Gods to One offers the first comparative study of poetic approaches to the problem of epic divine action. Through readings of Petrarch, Vida, Ariosto, Tasso, and Milton, Tobias Gregory describes the narrative and ideological consequences of the epic's turn from pagan to Christian. Drawing on scholarship in several disciplines - religious studies, classics, history, and philosophy, as well as literature - From Many Gods to One sheds new light on two subjects of enduring importance in Renaissance studies: the precarious balance between classical literary models and Christian religious norms and the role of religion in drawing lines between allies and others."--BOOK JACKET
- "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 comparative study of poetic approaches to the problem of epic divine action. Through readings of Petrarch, Vida, Ariosto, Tasso, and Milton, Tobias Gregory describes the narrative and ideological consequences of the epic's turn from pagan to Christian. Drawing on scholarship in several disciplines--religious studies, classics, history, and philosophy, as well as literature--From Many Gods to One sheds new light on two subjects of enduring importance in Renaissance studies: the precarious balance between classical literary models and Christian religious norms and the role of religion in drawing lines between allies and others."--Publisher's website
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Gregory, Tobias
- Dewey number
- 809.1/3209351
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PN1333.G63
- LC item number
- G74 2006
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Epic poetry, European
- European poetry
- God in literature
- Gods in literature
- Label
- From many gods to one : divine action in Renaissance epic, Tobias Gregory
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [225]-235) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- 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
- 67240470
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- x, 247 pages
- Isbn
- 9780226307558
- Isbn Type
- (cloth : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2006012302
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other control number
- 9780226307558
- System control number
- (OCoLC)67240470
- Label
- From many gods to one : divine action in Renaissance epic, Tobias Gregory
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [225]-235) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- 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
- 67240470
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- x, 247 pages
- Isbn
- 9780226307558
- Isbn Type
- (cloth : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2006012302
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 9780226307558
- System control number
- (OCoLC)67240470
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