The pale cast of thought
hesitation and decision in the Renaissance epic
by James Lawrence Shulman
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This book focuses on specific moments of decision-making in the epic poems of Ariosto, Tasso, Spenser, and Milton. In each of the poems, the hero must ultimately confront the choice of Aeneas at the end of the Aeneid - either to kill or to stay his hand. These later epic poems contain reflective heroes who resist the impulses of traditional martial heroism.
As they deliberate, the progress of the narrative is suspended, and elements of comedy, lyric, picaresque, and romance threaten to fragment authority of the epic genre. Each of these moments reveals a particularly rich locus for observing the movement of the epic toward the novel.
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Characters and characteristics in literature, Comparative Literature, Decision making in literature, English Epic poetry, English and Italian, English poetry, Epic poetry, English, Epic poetry, Italian, Hesitation in literature, History and criticism, Italian Epic poetry, Italian and English, Italian poetry, Literature, Comparative, Poetry, Psychological aspects, Psychological aspects of Poetry, Epic poetry, history and criticism, English poetry, history and criticism, early modern, 1500-1700, Italian poetry, history and criticism, Comparative literature, english and italian, Ariosto, lodovico, 1474-1533, Tasso, torquato, 1544-1596, Spenser, edmund, 1552?-1599, Milton, john, 1608-1674Showing 1 featured edition. View all 1 editions?
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The pale cast of thought: hesitation and decision in the Renaissance epic
1998, University of Delaware Press, Associated University Presses
in English
0874136350 9780874136357
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-191) and index.
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