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Spenser and Virgil: The Pastoral Poems

by Syrithe Pugh

  • Hardback
  • 352 pages
  • Publisher: Manchester University Press
  • 14 x 21.6 x 2.4 cm

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For literature students and classicists

Explains Spenser's debt to the Roman poet Virgil

Helps you see classic poetry in a fresh light

A insightful look into how Spenser transformed Virgil’s classical pastoral themes into a unique expression of poetic and political power.

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An engaging study that offers new and provocative re-readings of Spenser's pastoral poems, with a focus on Spenser's acknowledged debt to Virgil and his Eclogues. Reception studies, politics and classical studies are interweaved to provide a greater understanding of both poets.

  • Title

    Spenser and Virgil: The Pastoral Poems

  • Author

    Syrithe Pugh

  • Book Format

    Hardcover

  • Publisher

    Manchester University Press

  • Published

    September 2016

  • Weight

    595g

  • Page Count

    352

  • Dimensions

    14 x 21.6 x 2.4 cm

  • ISBN

    9781526101174

  • ISBN-10

    1526101173

  • Eden Code

    5306055