Publicado por University Of Georgia Press, 1991
Librería: Collectors Bookstore, Antwerpen, Belgica
Hardcover. Condición: Fine. The Shades of Aeneas The Imitation of Virgil and the History of Paganism in Boccaccio's Filostrato, Filocolo and Teseida Special Collection by James Harvey Mcgregor. Published by University Of Georgia Press in 1991. Hardcover. Offering fresh readings of three early romances by Boccaccio, this book treats the medieval Italian writer as a serious interpreter of history and as a subtle reader of Virgil. The book argues that in the stories, all written in the 1330s, Boccaccio takes issues with themes in classical writing. Boccaccio's perspective, the author argues, is not neutrally historical but ethical and theological, and reflects the poet's sense of the differenc. Collectible item in very fine condition.