An edition of The Italian romance epic in the age of humanism
(2001)
The Italian romance epic in the age of humanism
the matter of Italy and the world of Rome
by J. E. Everson
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Table of Contents
Machine generated contents note: Abbreviations xiii
PART I. INTRODUCTION
1. Approaches to the Romance Epic 3
PART II. TEXTS AND CONTEXTS
2. Prehistory of the Romance Epic in Italy 27
3. (Re-)Reading the Classics 52
4. Petrarch and Boccaccio: Starting Points, Turning
Points, and Blind Alleys 96
5. Books, Readers, and Reception 127
PART III. NEW PERSPECTIVES, NEW READINGS
6. Mars and Venus-Love and War 163
7. The Figure of the Hero 223
8. The One and the Many: Constructing the Plot 271
PART IV. CONCLUSION
9. The Paradoxical Success of the Romance Epic:
Ariosto and Beyond 327
Bibliography 355
Index 375.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-374) and index.
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