The Augustinian epic, Petrarch to Milton / J. Christopher Warner.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Warner, J. Christopher (James Christopher), 1961-
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2005], ©2005.
Subjects:
Epic poetry, European > History and criticism.
European poetry > Renaissance, 1450-1600 > History and criticism.
Petrarca, Francesco, > 1304-1374. > Secretum.
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Physical Description:ix, 270 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Petrarch's Culpa and Augustine's counsel
  • Petrarch's Culpa and the Allegory of the Africa
  • Renaissance allegories of the Aeneid: the doctrine of the two Venuses and the epic of the two cities
  • Petrarch's Culpa in Gerusalemme liberata
  • The epic imitation of Christ: Marco Girolamo Vida's Christiad
  • Vergil the evangelist: the Christiad of Alexander Ross
  • Augustinian epic in Paradise lost
  • Augustinian epic in romance epic: the example of Spenser's Faerie queene.