Figure of Minerva in Medieval Literature

Name: Figure of Minerva in Medieval Literature
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By Hodapp, William F

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Images of Minerva, the Roman goddess of wisdom, appear frequently in medieval literature, derived from antique culture and literature; redemptress, mistress of the liberal arts, patroness of princes, idol, and Venus' ally. Throughout the high to late Middle Ages, Peter Abelard, Guido delle Colonne, John Gower, Geoffrey Chaucer, and Christine de Pizan, among others, drew on and developed these images, but they are particularly prevalent in a number of fifteenth- and early sixteenth-century English and Scots allegorical and dream-vision poems, including John Lydgate's Reson and Sensuallyte and Temple of Glas, the anonymous Court of Sapience and Assembly of Gods, James I's Kingis Quair, Charles d'Orleans' Fortunes Stabilnes, and William Dunbar's Golden Targe. This book offers the first full-length examination of these depictions, bringing out the reception of classical culture. Via close readings of the various poets, it enables us to understand how her figure was used, and also, and most importantly, to interpret and transform the poetic and cultural traditions from which she springs. WILLIAM F. HODAPP is Professor of English and Coordinator of Medieval and Renaissance Studies at The College of St. Scholastica, Duluth, Minnesota.

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Edition:: illustrated
Number of Pages:: 322
Release Date:: 2019-09-20
Publication Date:: 2019-09-20
Publisher:: D.S.Brewer
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1843845393
ISBN13:: 9781843845393
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 649 g
Height:: 161 cm
Width:: 240 cm
Thickness:: 22 cm

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