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Homer and the politics of authority in Renaissance France

Title
Homer and the politics of authority in Renaissance France / Marc Bizer.
Author
Bizer, Marc
Publication
New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.

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Book/TextUse in library JFD 11-3049Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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Description
xii, 245 p.; 22 cm.
Series Statement
Classical presences
Uniform Title
Classical presences.
Subject
  • France > Politics and government > 16th century
  • Monarchy > France > History > 16th century
  • Renaissance > France
  • France > Intellectual life > 16th century
  • Authority > History > 16th century
  • Homer > Influence
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction -- Making Homer French, 1530-1560. Guillaume Bude: instituting a Homeric French king -- Jean Dorat: toward an official French Homeric idiom -- Royal mythography and its discontents: Joachim du Bellay and Etienne de la Boetie -- Homer and the problem of authority during the wars of religion (1560-1592). Homer and the war of words -- Reading Homer across the religious divide: Guillaume Paquelin & Jean de Sponde -- Trojan-French chaos: Garnier's La Troade, Homer, and raison d'etat -- Montaigne, La Boetie, Homer: from parliament to parley -- Conclusion.
Call Number
JFD 11-3049
ISBN
  • 9780199731565
  • 019973156X
LCCN
2010046492
OCLC
YBP 2010046492
Author
Bizer, Marc.
Title
Homer and the politics of authority in Renaissance France / Marc Bizer.
Imprint
New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.
Series
Classical presences
Classical presences.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JFD 11-3049
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