Genealogy of the Pagan Gods - Books Vi-X

Much more than a mere compilation of pagan myths, Boccaccio's Genealogy of the Pagan Gods incorporates hundreds of excerpts from and comments on ancient poetry. It is both the most ambitious work of literary scholarship of the early Renaissance and a demonstration to contemporaries of the moral and cultural value of studying ancient poetry.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Jon Solomon is Robert D. Novak Professor of Western Civilization and Culture and Professor of the Classics and of Cinema Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Zusammenfassung

Much more than a mere compilation of pagan myths, Boccaccio’s Genealogy of the Pagan Gods incorporates hundreds of excerpts from and comments on ancient poetry. It is both the most ambitious work of literary scholarship of the early Renaissance and a demonstration to contemporaries of the moral and cultural value of studying ancient poetry.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Giovanni Boccaccio, Giovanni/ Solomon Boccaccio
• Mitarbeit: Jon Solomon (Übersetzung), Solomon Jon (Herausgeber und Übersetzung)
• Verlag: Harvard University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 31.07.2017
• EAN: 9780674975590
• ISBN: 978-0-674-97559-0
• Seiten: 720
• Serien: The I Tatti Renaissance Library; The I Tatti Renaissance Library; Tatti Renaissance Library (HUP); Tatti Renaissance Library (HUP) CONTINS PASS TO - [e-mail]
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Neuzeit bis 1918; History, HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, RELIGION / Ancient, Ancient Greek religion & mythology, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Ancient Greek religion and mythology, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, Roman religion and mythology, Roman religion & mythology