- Description
- 1 online resource (xii, 253 pages) : illustrations.
- Summary
- Studies the relationship between epic literature and other art forms (painting, sculpture, architecture) in the French Renaissance, exploring the paradox that the heroes and themes in the art of the period are widely celebrated while the literary epics are largely unread.--
- Uniform Title
- Epic arts in Renaissance France (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Epic arts in Renaissance France (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-243) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Homer, Virgil, and Lucan : classical epic and Renaissance art -- Dolet's Fata : celebrating François Ier in the wake of the battle of Pavia -- Ronsard's Franciade : from national genealogy to tragic love story -- D'Aubigné's Tragiques : a wasteland of graffiti -- Closing remarks : from epic Cassoni to epic Coffrets.
- LCCN
- 2013940965
- OCLC
- ssj0001157618
- Author
Usher, Phillip John.
- Title
Epic arts in Renaissance France [electronic resource] / Phillip John Usher.
- Imprint
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
- Edition
First edition.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-243) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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