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- catalog abstract ""The immense success of the Italian romance or chivalric epic between the mid-fourteenth century and the sixteenth century constitutes a striking paradox. Through an analysis of aspects of both the cultural context and major literary texts, this book shows that the traditional distinction of popular versus elite culture cannot be maintained. The study reveals a process of syncretism and symbiosis through which the romance epic adapted to the challenges posed by the classical revival, absorbing and rewriting elements of classical texts into the tradition of the matter of France and the matter of Britain to create a new 'matter of Italy' - of texts which appealed to all levels of society."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12315315.
- catalog created "2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- catalog description ""The immense success of the Italian romance or chivalric epic between the mid-fourteenth century and the sixteenth century constitutes a striking paradox. Through an analysis of aspects of both the cultural context and major literary texts, this book shows that the traditional distinction of popular versus elite culture cannot be maintained. The study reveals a process of syncretism and symbiosis through which the romance epic adapted to the challenges posed by the classical revival, absorbing and rewriting elements of classical texts into the tradition of the matter of France and the matter of Britain to create a new 'matter of Italy' - of texts which appealed to all levels of society."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [355]-374) and index.".
- catalog description "pt. I. Introduction. 1. Approaches to the Romance Epic -- pt. II. 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 -- pt. III. 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 -- pt. IV. Conclusion. 9. The Paradoxical Success of the Romance Epic: Ariosto and Beyond.".
- catalog extent "xii, 386 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0198160151".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Italy.".
- catalog subject "851/.0320902 21".
- catalog subject "Epic poetry, Italian History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Humanism Italy.".
- catalog subject "PQ4215 .E94 2001".
- catalog tableOfContents "pt. I. Introduction. 1. Approaches to the Romance Epic -- pt. II. 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 -- pt. III. 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 -- pt. IV. Conclusion. 9. The Paradoxical Success of the Romance Epic: Ariosto and Beyond.".
- catalog title "The Italian romance epic in the age of humanism : the matter of Italy and the world of Rome / Jane E. Everson.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".