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Epic and Empire: Politics and Generic Form from Virgil to Milton - Literature in History
David Quint
Epic and Empire: Politics and Generic Form from Virgil to Milton - Literature in History
David Quint
Explores the political context and meanings of key works in Western literature. This book covers Virgilian epics of conquest and empire that take the victors' side (the "Aeneid" itself, Camoes's "Lusiadas", Tasso's "Gerusalemme liberata") and the countervailing epic of the defeated and of republican liberty.
448 pages, 1 fig.
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | February 14, 1993 |
ISBN13 | 9780691015200 |
Publishers | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 448 |
Dimensions | 162 × 236 × 27 mm · 656 g |
Language | English |