The Italian Romance Epic in the Age of Humanism
The Matter of Italy and the World of Rome
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 4 October 2001
- ISBN 9780198160151
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages400 pages
- Size 224x146x26 mm
- Weight 668 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
The romance or chivalric epic was the most popular form of literature in Renaissance Italy. This book shows how it owed its appeal to a successful fusion of traditional, medieval tales of Charlemagne and Arthur with the newer cultural themes developed by the revival of interest in classical antiquity which constitutes the key to Renaissance culture.
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The immense success of the Italian romance or chivalric epic between the mid-fourteenth century and the sixteenth century constitutes a striking paradox. The flowering of the genre, between the composition of Boccaccio's Teseida and the Orlando Furioso of Ariosto occurred in precisely the same period as the emergence of Humanism and the revival of classical culture and literature based on re-readings of ancient texts. The two cultural phenomenon - of medieval, vernacular narratives and the imitation of classical texts, veneration for classical antiquity - seem antithetical. Through an analysis of aspects of both the cultural context and major literary texts, this book shows that the traditional distinction of popular versus élite culture cannot be maintained. The study reveals a process of syncretism and symbiosis through which the romance epic adapted to the challenges posed by the classical revival, absorbing and rewriting elements of classical texts into the tradition of the matter of France and the matter of Britain to create a new 'matter of Italy' - texts which appealed to all levels of society.
Jane Everson's book, the result of several years of study and research, constitutes a significant, stimulating, and valuable contribution to our understanding of Italian romance epic in the age of humanism.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Approaches to the Romance Epic
Texts and Contexts
Prehistory of the Romance Epic in Italy
(Re-)Reading the Classics
Petrarch and Boccaccio: Starting Points, Turning Points, and Blind Alleys
Books, Readers, and Reception
New Perspectives New Readings
Mars and Venus - Love and War
The Figure of the Hero
The One and the Many: Constructing the Plot
The Paradoxical Success of the Romance Epic. Ariosto and Beyond
Abbreviations
Bibliography
Index
