{"product_id":"virgils-fourth-eclogue-in-the-italian-renaissance-hardback-9781108499927","title":"Virgil's Fourth Eclogue in the Italian Renaissance (Hardback) 9781108499927","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eVirgil's Fourth Eclogue in the Italian Renaissance\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis pioneering study reveals the central place held by Virgil's 'messianic' Eclogue in the art and literature of Renaissance Italy.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eL. B. T. Houghton (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108499927, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 19 September 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e390 pages, 16 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.7 x 3.4 cm, 0.71 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This excellent volume will be a valuable guide and resource for scholars of Renaissance literature and of classical reception, and should be made available in every university library.' Syrithe Pugh, International Journal of the Classical Tradition\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eVirgil's fourth Eclogue is one of the most quoted, adapted and discussed works of classical literature. This study traces the fortunes of Eclogue 4 in the literature and art of the Italian Renaissance. It sheds new light on some of the most canonical works of Western art and literature, as well as introducing a large number of other, lesser-known items, some of which have not appeared in print since their original publication, while others are extant only in manuscript. Individual chapters are devoted to the uses made of the fourth Eclogue in the political panegyric of Medici Florence, the Venetian Republic and the Renaissance papacy, and to religious appropriations of the Virgilian text in the genres of epic and pastoral poetry. The book also investigates the appearance of quotations from the poem in fifteenth- and sixteenth-century fresco cycles representing the prophetic Sibyls in Italian churches.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eEclogue 4: text and translation\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Prolegomena: 1. Introduction: noua progenies\u003cbr\u003e 2. A new age: the Virgilian Renaissance\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Politics: 3. Florentine fantasies: Maro and the Medici\u003cbr\u003e 4. Maritime Maro: Virgil in Venice\u003cbr\u003e 5. Princely propaganda: the Italian states\u003cbr\u003e 6. Vatican vaticinations: the Papal Golden Age\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Religion: 7. Poet and Christian? The Messianic Fourth Eclogue\u003cbr\u003e 8. tua dicere facta: the Messianic epic\u003cbr\u003e 9. A child is born: the Nativity eclogue\u003cbr\u003e 10. teste Sibylla: Virgil in church\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: time regained.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of ideas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of ideas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20ideas%20%5BJFCX%5D%22\"\u003eJFCX\u003c\/a\u003e], Western philosophy: Medieval \u0026amp; Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Western philosophy: Medieval \u0026amp; Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Western%20philosophy:%20Medieval%20\u0026amp;%20Renaissance,%20c%20500%20to%20c%201600%20%5BHPCB%5D%22\"\u003eHPCB\u003c\/a\u003e], Literature \u0026amp; literary studies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literature \u0026amp; literary studies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literature%20\u0026amp;%20literary%20studies%20%5BD%5D%22\"\u003eD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46003429048600,"sku":"9781108499927","price":80.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108499927i_5379af1b-7f2a-49ff-9665-ab8375bd0275.jpg?v=1696707040","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/virgils-fourth-eclogue-in-the-italian-renaissance-hardback-9781108499927","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}