Hanning Serious Play

Desire and Authority in the Poetry of Ovid, Chaucer, and Ariosto
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-231-52639-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 312 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: Leonard Hastings Schoff Lectures

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Hanning, Robert

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Europäische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literatur: Sammlungen, Anthologien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Ovid's Amatory Poetry: Rome in a Comic Mirror
2. Chaucer: Dealing with the Authorities; Or, Twisting the Nose That Feeds You
3. Ariosto's Orlando Furioso: Confusion Multiply Confounded; Or, Astray in the Forest of Desire
In Conclusion (or Inconclusion)
Epilogue
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Robert W. Hanning, a native of New York City, taught medieval and Renaissance literature at Columbia University for forty-five years before his retirement in 2006. He has also taught and lectured on issues of "race," ethnicity, and immigration in America. His books include The Vision of History in Early Britain, The Individual in Twelfth-Century Romance, and The Lais of Marie de France, cotranslated with Joan M. Ferrante.