The Italian Romance Epic in the Age of Humanism: The Matter of Italy and the World of Rome
Author:   Jane E. Everson (, Senior Lecturer, Royal Holloway, University of London)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780198160151


Pages:   400
Publication Date:   04 October 2001
Format:   Hardback
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The Italian Romance Epic in the Age of Humanism: The Matter of Italy and the World of Rome


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Author:   Jane E. Everson (, Senior Lecturer, Royal Holloway, University of London)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.60cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 22.40cm
Weight:   0.668kg
ISBN:  

9780198160151


ISBN 10:   0198160151
Pages:   400
Publication Date:   04 October 2001
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1: Approaches to the Romance Epic Texts and Contexts 2: Prehistory of the Romance Epic in Italy 3: (Re-)Reading the Classics 4: Petrarch and Boccaccio: Starting Points, Turning Points, and Blind Alleys 5: Books, Readers, and Reception New Perspectives New Readings 6: Mars and Venus - Love and War 7: The Figure of the Hero 8: The One and the Many: Constructing the Plot 9: The Paradoxical Success of the Romance Epic. Ariosto and Beyond Abbreviations Bibliography Index

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Jane Everson's book, the result of several years of study and research, constitutes a significant, stimulating, and valuable contribution to our understanding of Italian romance epic in the age of humanism. Renaissance Quarterly This is an excellent book that carefully recapitulates much earlier scholarship, while adding to it throughout. It makes a convincing case for Boccaccio's foundational position in the romance epic tradition and for the necessity of giving more emphasis to the period between Boccaccio and the generation of Pulci and Boiardo. Modern Language Review This admirable book effectively analyses texts and their contexts, insists on the difficulties the romance epic presents, and greatly enriches our understanding of this perplexing, yet undeniably appealing, genre. Matthew Treherne, Times Literary Supplement


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Jane Everson is Senior Lecturer, Royal Holloway University of London

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