Exemplary comparison from Homer to Petrarch
by Olive Sayce
Study of comparison and identification with exemplary figures drawn from myth, history and historical legend, the Bible, the authorial canon, and literary tradition, from Homer to the interrelated branches of the medieval European vernacular lyric up to the end of the fourteenth century. The first half treats Homer, Virgil, Latin poets from Catullus to Ovid, and late and medieval Latin poets. The second half discusses the troubadour lyric, including Italian and Catalan poets who wrote in the language of the troubadours, the trouvr̈e lyric, the German lyric, and the Sicilian and Italian lyric up to Petrarch. The languages covered are thus classical Greek, classical, post-classical and medieval Latin, Occitan/Old Provenȧl, Old French, and medieval German and Italian. Representative examples of comparison and identification are given in the original language, followed by translation and textual and literary analysis.
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Ancient Rhetoric, History and criticism, Latin poetry, Medieval Poetry, Medieval Rhetoric, Medieval and modern Latin poetry, Simile, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES, Linguistics, Literatur, Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM, General, Vorbild, Poetry, history and criticism, Criticism and interpretation| Edition | Availability |
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Exemplary Comparison from Homer to Petrarch
2008, Boydell & Brewer, Limited
in English
184615636X 9781846156366
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Exemplary Comparison from Homer to Petrarch
November 15, 2007, D.S.Brewer
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in English
1843840995 9781843840992
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [356]-374) and indexes.
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