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Author | : John P. McCall |
Publisher | : Penn State University Press |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : |
Download Chaucer Among the Gods Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A description of Chaucer's adaptation of classical materials to various uses--comedy, tragedy, and allegory; theme, action, and character--this book is also an analysis of Chaucer's poetics. Chaucer's creative use of the classical past is shown as a central part of his virtuosity. The book begins with a general discussion of the medieval traditions of classical myth, showing how Chaucer made himself the first humanist of English literature--opening to England both the ancient world of Virgil, Ovid, and Lucan and also the contemporary perceptions of that world by such continental masters as Dante, Graunson, Boccaccio, and Froissart. Succeeding chapters move through the categories of Chaucer's aesthetic uses of classical materials in specific poems: brief allusions, adaptations of myth to moral allegory, references to places, and lampoons of classical divinities. Professor McCall concludes by contrasting Chaucer's "rhetorics of fragmentation and discontinuity" with those of modern writers. Today such rhetorics have a despairing or apocalyptic tone. For Chaucer they conveyed "patient acceptance of the world and one's own self."
Author | : Leah Zeva Freiwald |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 508 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Download Chaucer's Use of Classical Mythology Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Rosalyn Rossignol |
Publisher | : Infobase Publishing |
Total Pages | : 657 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Civilization, Medieval, in literature |
ISBN | : 1438108400 |
Download Critical Companion to Chaucer Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Examines the life and writings of Geoffrey Chaucer, including detailed synopses of his works, explanations of literary terms, character portraits, social and historical influences, and more.
Author | : Shannon L. Rogers |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Civilization, Medieval, in literature |
ISBN | : |
Download All Things Chaucer: A-J Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Includes alphabetically arranged entries on the material culture of Chaucer's England and on the customs, rituals, and beliefs of the medieval world.
Author | : Jane Chance |
Publisher | : U of Minnesota Press |
Total Pages | : 420 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Electronic books |
ISBN | : 9781452900476 |
Download The Mythographic Chaucer Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : John Edward Zimmerman |
Publisher | : Bantam |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 1983-06-01 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 0553257765 |
Download The Dictionary of Classical Mythology Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Over 2,000 entries with simple, complete explanations of classical myths, heroes, authors, works, place names and symbols. And a bibliography of recommended translations of Greek and Latin prose and poetry. “A knowledge of classical mythology is indispensable in understanding and appreciating much of the great literature, sculpture, and painting of both the ancients and the moderns. Unless we know the marvelous stories of the deities and heroes of the ancients, their great literature and art as much later work down to the present day will remain unintelligible. Through the centuries from Chaucer, Spencer, Shakespeare, and Milton on, not only the major writers but also hundreds of lesser writers have retold the old tales or used them as a point of departure for new interpretations in terms of contemporary problems and psychology.”—From author’s Introduction
Author | : H. David Brumble |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 480 |
Release | : 1998-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1136797386 |
Download Classical Myths and Legends in the Middle Ages and Renaissance Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
While numerous classical dictionaries identify the figures and tales of Greek and Roman mythology, this reference book explains the allegorical significance attached to the myths by Medieval and Renaissance authors. Included are several hundred alphabetically arranged entries for the gods, goddesses, heroes, heroines, and places of classical myth and legend. Each entry includes a brief account of the myth, with reference to the Greek and Latin sources. The entry then discusses how Medieval and Renaissance commentators interpreted the myth, and how poets, dramatists, and artists employed the allegory in their art. Each entry includes a bibliography and the volume concludes with appendices and an extensive bibliography of primary and secondary sources.
Author | : Geoffrey Miles |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 474 |
Release | : 2002-09-11 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 1134754639 |
Download Classical Mythology in English Literature Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Classical Mythology in English Literature brings together a range of English versions of three classical myths. It allows students to explore the ways in which they have been reinterpreted and reinvented by writers throughout history. Beginning with a concise introduction to the principle Greco-Roman gods and heroes, the anthology then focuses on three stories: * Orpheus, the great musician and his quest to free his wife Eurydice from death * Venus and Adonis, the love goddess and the beautiful youth she loved * Pygmalion, the master sculptor who fell in love with his creation. Each section begins with the classical sources and ends with contemporary versions, showing how each myth has been used/abused or appropriated since its origins
Author | : Robert Kilburn Root |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 1903 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : |
Download Classical Mythology in Shakespeare Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Peter Goodall |
Publisher | : University of Toronto Press |
Total Pages | : 540 |
Release | : 2009-02-21 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1442691905 |
Download Chaucer's Monk's Tale and Nun's Priest's Tale Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Of all the stories that comprise The Canterbury Tales, certain ones have attracted more attention than others in terms of literary scholarship and canonization. The Monk's Tale, for instance, was popular in the decades after Chaucer's death, but has since suffered critical neglect, particularly in the twentieth century. The opposite has occurred with the Nun's Priest's Tale, which has long been one of the most popular and widely discussed of the tales, cited by some critics as the most essentially 'Chaucerian' of them all. This annotated bibliography is a record of all editions, translations, and scholarship written on The Monk's Tale and the Nun's Priest's Tale in the twentieth century with a view to revisiting the former and creating a comprehensive scholarly view of the latter. A detailed introduction summarizes all extant writings on the two tales and their relationship to each other, giving a sense of the complexity of Chaucer's seminal work and the unique function of its component stories. By dealing with these two tales in particular, this bibliography suggests the complicated critical reception and history of The Canterbury Tales.