Warner, J. Christopher 1961-

The Augustinian epic, Petrarch to Milton [electronic resource] / J. Christopher Warner. - Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2005. - 270 p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-264) and index.

Petrarch's Culpa and Augustine's counsel -- Petrarch's Culpa and the Allegory of the Africa -- Renaissance allegories of the Aeneid: the doctrine of the two Venuses and the epic of the two cities -- Petrarch's Culpa in Gerusalemme liberata -- The epic imitation of Christ: Marco Girolamo Vida's Christiad -- Vergil the evangelist: the Christiad of Alexander Ross -- Augustinian epic in Paradise lost -- Augustinian epic in romance epic: the example of Spenser's Faerie queene.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374. Secretum.


Epic poetry, European--History and criticism.
European poetry--History and criticism.--Renaissance, 1450-1600


Electronic books.

PN1317 / .W37 2005

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