Medieval Mythography Volume 3, The emergence of Italian Humanism, 1321-1475 /
Jane Chance focuses on the advent of hybrid mythography in the Middle Ages as a form of commentary in vernacular poetry and, alternatively, as restyled and reformatted Latin prose commentary that reflects allegorical authorial self-projection. The complexity of mythography leads to the compilation o...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Gainesville, FL :
University Press of Florida,
[2015]
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| Summary: | Jane Chance focuses on the advent of hybrid mythography in the Middle Ages as a form of commentary in vernacular poetry and, alternatively, as restyled and reformatted Latin prose commentary that reflects allegorical authorial self-projection. The complexity of mythography leads to the compilation of myths unified by traditional means - genealogy and history - but also by new means, a focus on a seminal progenitor or epic hero or imaginary goddess who reflects a humanist ideal |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 0813055067 9780813055060 |