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The comparative poetics of Homeric literary imitation from antiquity to Renaissance France : Aphrodite's charm
- Title
- The comparative poetics of Homeric literary imitation from antiquity to Renaissance France : Aphrodite's charm / by John Nassichuk.
- Author
- Nassichuk, John Alexander, 1968-
- Publication
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2025]
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Details
- Series Statement
- Medieval and Renaissance authors and texts, 0925-7683 ; volume 29
- Uniform Title
- Medieval and Renaissance authors and texts ; v. 29.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Literary criticism.
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Call Number
- JFE 25-1933
- ISBN
- 9789004720862
- 9004720863
- LCCN
- 2024051325
- OCLC
- 1460455944
- Author
- Nassichuk, John Alexander, 1968- author.
- Title
- The comparative poetics of Homeric literary imitation from antiquity to Renaissance France : Aphrodite's charm / by John Nassichuk.
- Publisher
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2025]
- Description
- xii, 517 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Medieval and Renaissance authors and texts, 0925-7683 ; volume 29Medieval and Renaissance authors and texts ; v. 29.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Summary
- "Aphrodite's famous ribbon known as the cestus, the irresistible love charm that she loaned to Hera in the Iliad, was, thanks to a fruitful early misreading, transformed by ancient, medieval, and Renaissance authors into a symbol of honorable feminine chastity: in Maurice Scève's 1560 Microcosme, an epic rewriting of Genesis, Eve first appears before an astonished Adam wearing the virginal cestus as a symbolic guarantee of her sexual innocence. This book traces the history of this curious development from Homer to the end of the sixteenth century in France. Through analyses of both famous and little-known texts, it illustrates the complexity and fecund liberty of Homeric reception"-- Provided by publisher.
- Chronological Term
- 1500-1599
- Other Form:
- Online version: Nassichuk, John Alexander, 1968- Comparative poetics of Homeric literary imitation from antiquity to renaissance France Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2025 9789004720879 (DLC) 2024051326
- Research Call Number
- JFE 25-1933