| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 286 pages). |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
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University seminars/Leonard Hastings Schoff memorial lectures
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University seminars/Leonard Hastings Schoff memorial lectures.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Ovid's amatory poetry: Rome in a comic mirror -- Chaucer: dealing with the authorities; or, Twisting the nose that feeds you -- Ariosto's Orlando Furioso: confusion multiply confounded; or, Astray in the forest of desire. |
| Summary |
Comic poets are inspired best by the bittersweet nature of their art-the thrill of skewering the world's power elite while nevertheless being dependent on their support. Ovid, Chaucer, and Ariosto were extremely attuned to the dynamics of this relationship, with Ovid suffering most from his comedic missteps. Their audacity and acute insight are the very elements that make their work so appealing centuries after their subjects have stumbled off the stage. Through a careful and imaginative analysis of Ovid's amatory poetry, Chaucer's dream poems and excerpts from the Canterbury Tal. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. |
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Ariosto, Lodovico, 1474-1533 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Ariosto, Lodovico, 1474-1533. |
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Comic, The, in literature.
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Comic, The, in literature. |
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Desire in literature.
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Desire in literature. |
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Authority in literature.
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Authority in literature. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hanning, Robert W. Serious play. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2010 (DLC) 2010003740 |
| ISBN |
9780231526395 (electronic book) |
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0231526393 (electronic book) |
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9780231152105 (cloth acid-free paper) |
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0231152108 (cloth acid-free paper) |
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