| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 607 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Homer -- Appreciation.
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Homer. |
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Homer -- Influence.
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Homer -- Translations.
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Translations. |
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Homer -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Epic poetry, Greek -- History and criticism.
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Epic poetry, Greek. |
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Social conflict in literature.
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Social conflict in literature. |
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European literature -- Renaissance, 1450-1600 -- History and criticism.
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| Chronological Term |
1450-1600 |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Translations.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Wolfe, Jessica. Homer and the question of strife from Erasmus to Hobbes. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2015] 9781442650268 (DLC) 2015373814 (OCoLC)907173887 |
| ISBN |
9781442622678 electronic book |
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1442622679 electronic book |
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9781442650268 bound |
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1442650265 bound |
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