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.

About the author

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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Giovanni Boccaccio, Giovanni/ Solomon Boccaccio
• Assisted by: Jon Solomon (Translation), Solomon Jon (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2017
• EAN: 9780674975590
• ISBN: 978-0-674-97559-0
• No. of pages: 720
• Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library; The I Tatti Renaissance Library; Tatti Renaissance Library (HUP); Tatti Renaissance Library (HUP) CONTINS PASS TO - [e-mail]
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 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