Spenser and Virgil - The Pastoral Poems

An engaging study that offers new and provocative re-readings of Spenser's pastoral poems, with a focus on Spenser's acknowledged debt to Virgil and his Eclogues. Reception studies, politics and classical studies are interweaved to provide a greater understanding of both poets.

Table des matières

Introduction
1. Intertextuality and allegory in Virgil's Eclogues
2. Virgilian negotiations in The Shepheardes Calender
3. Virgilian structure in The Shepheardes Calender
4. Reshaping the Virgilian cursus: pastoral vocation in 'Astrophel'
5. Reimagining the pastoral muse in 'Colin Clouts Come Home Againe'
Index

A propos de l'auteur

Syrithe Pugh is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Aberdeen

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Syrithe Pugh, Pugh Syrithe
• Edition: Manchester University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 30.11.2020
• EAN: 9781526119889
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-1988-9
• Pages: 368
• Thème: The Manchester Spenser
• Catégories: Littérature > Poésie, théâtre; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Littérature générale et comparée; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Renaissance, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Literary studies: c 1400 to c 1600