THE FIGURE OF THE POET IN RENAISSANCE EPIC
by Durling, Robert M
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0674301005
- ISBN 13
- 9780674301009
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About This Item
Cambridge, MA: Harvard Univ Press, 1965. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Text/NEW & Bright w/po name strikeout to front cover verso & fEP. Vintage 1965 First Edition, First Thus. Blue linen boards w/gilt spine lettering/Fine. DJ/NF. Study of rhetorical self-awareness in the Renaissance epic, applying distinctions between narrator and author., from Uniy of CA, Robert M. Durling (1929-2021), known for his prize translations of Petrarch's Rime Spars, Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. 280 pgs , in 2 parts, examines 4 epics: Boiardo's Orland innamorato, Arisosto'ls Orlando furioso, Tasso's Gerusalemme liberata, and Spenser's The Faerie Queene. Text in 7 chapters, 2 parts: Part I: Ancient & Medieval Influence: Two Roman Poets; 2, Chaucer; and 3, Petrarch); and, Part II (chapters 4, Boirdo; 5, Ariosto; 6, Tasso; & 7, Spenser), followed by Notes & Index.s which considers Horace, Ovid, Chaucer & Petrarch; & Spenser. Fine copy.
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- 100 POCKETS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- THE FIGURE OF THE POET IN RENAISSANCE EPIC
- Author
- Durling, Robert M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Thus
- ISBN 10
- 0674301005
- ISBN 13
- 9780674301009
- Publisher
- Harvard Univ Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, MA
- Date Published
- 1965
- Pages
- 280
- Keywords
- LITERATURE, RENAISSANCE EPICS, ROLE OF THE NARRATOR, LITERARY CRITICISM
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literary Criticism; Literature;
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