The Choice of Odysseus
Download or Read eBook The Choice of Odysseus PDF written by Sarah Van der Laan and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024-02-22 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Sarah Van der Laan |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 323 |
Release | : 2024-02-22 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780198778295 |
ISBN-13 | : 0198778295 |
Rating | : 4/5 (95 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Choice of Odysseus by : Sarah Van der Laan
Book excerpt: The Choice of Odysseus demonstrates how the Odyssey provided Renaissance authors and readers with a poetic ethics for their age. Sarah Van der Laan reconstructs Renaissance readings of the Odyssey by Petrarch, Poliziano, Ariosto, Tasso, Spenser, Monteverdi, and Milton to recover a powerful Renaissance tradition of Odyssean epic.