Homer and the politics of authority in Renaissance France / Marc Bizer.

Author/creator Bizer, Marc
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Oxford University Press, ©2011.
Descriptionxii, 245 pages ; 22 cm.
Supplemental ContentContributor biographical information
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Subjects

SeriesClassical presences
Classical presences. ^A611052
Contents Introduction -- Making Homer French, 1530-1560. Guillaume Bude: instituting a Homeric French king -- Jean Dorat: toward an official French Homeric idiom -- Royal mythography and its discontents: Joachim du Bellay and Etienne de la Boetie -- Homer and the problem of authority during the wars of religion (1560-1592). Homer and the war of words -- Reading Homer across the religious divide: Guillaume Paquelin & Jean de Sponde -- Trojan-French chaos: Garnier's La Troade, Homer, and raison d'etat -- Montaigne, La Boetie, Homer: from parliament to parley -- Conclusion.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2010046492
ISBN9780199731565
ISBN019973156X

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks DC111.5 .B49 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold