Spenser Studies: A Renaissance Poetry AnnualAnne Lake Prescott, Thomas P. Roche, William A. Oram This volume looks at: the life of Virgil and the aspiration of the New Poet; the secret faith of Spenser's Saracens; despair and the proportion of the self; despair and the composition of the Self; succession anxieties and the wandering suitor in Spenser's Faerie Queene; and more. |
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... Vergil's personal virtue is illustrated by the story from Asconius Pedianus that Varus so admired the poet that he ... Vergil , and who greatly rewarded him in turn , Vergil com- pleted the Bucolics in three years . When Vergil , invited ...
... Vergil's personal virtue is illustrated by the story from Asconius Pedianus that Varus so admired the poet that he ... Vergil , and who greatly rewarded him in turn , Vergil com- pleted the Bucolics in three years . When Vergil , invited ...
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... Vergil first came to Augustus ' attention because of his " horse - sense , " a noteworthy confirmation of the centrality of this episode and the elements it embodies for sixteenth - century inter- ests . No less significant is the ...
... Vergil first came to Augustus ' attention because of his " horse - sense , " a noteworthy confirmation of the centrality of this episode and the elements it embodies for sixteenth - century inter- ests . No less significant is the ...
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... Vergil on Augustus ' order , and then augmented . Vergil tells Augustus that his father must have been a miller . The Imperator is aghast . How does he know ? Vergil says that again and again , Augustus hands out rewards of bread ...
... Vergil on Augustus ' order , and then augmented . Vergil tells Augustus that his father must have been a miller . The Imperator is aghast . How does he know ? Vergil says that again and again , Augustus hands out rewards of bread ...
Contents
The Life of Virgil and the Aspiration of the New Poet | 1 |
The Secret Faith of Spensers Saracens | 37 |
Despair and the Proportion of the Self | 75 |
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