
Medieval Mythography, Volume 3
The Emergence of Italian Humanism, 1321-1475
Jane Chance(Author)
University Press of Florida
Will be published approx. on 31. December 2014
Book
Hardback
608 pages
978-0-8130-6012-5 (ISBN)
Description
With this volume, Jane Chance concludes her monumental study of the history of mythography in medieval literature. Her focus here is the advent of hybrid mythography, the transformation of mythological commentary by blending the scholarly with the courtly and the personal.
Chance's in-depth examination of works by the major writers of the period-including Dante, Boccaccio, and Christine de Pizan- demonstrates how they essentially co-opted a thousand-year tradition. Their intricate narratives of identity mixed commentary with poetry; reinterpreted classical gods and heroes to suit personal agendas; and gave rise to innovative techniques such as "inglossation," the use of a mythological figure to comment on the protagonist within an autobiographical allegory. In this manner, through allegorical authorial projection of the self, the poets explored a subjective world and manifested a burgeoning humanism that would eventually come to full fruition in the Renaissance.
No other work examines the mythographic interrelationships between these poets and their unique and personal approaches to mythological commentary.
Chance's in-depth examination of works by the major writers of the period-including Dante, Boccaccio, and Christine de Pizan- demonstrates how they essentially co-opted a thousand-year tradition. Their intricate narratives of identity mixed commentary with poetry; reinterpreted classical gods and heroes to suit personal agendas; and gave rise to innovative techniques such as "inglossation," the use of a mythological figure to comment on the protagonist within an autobiographical allegory. In this manner, through allegorical authorial projection of the self, the poets explored a subjective world and manifested a burgeoning humanism that would eventually come to full fruition in the Renaissance.
No other work examines the mythographic interrelationships between these poets and their unique and personal approaches to mythological commentary.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Florida
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
44 black and white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 43 mm
Weight
1120 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8130-6012-5 (9780813060125)
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12/2014
University Press of Florida
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Jane Chance, Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Professor Emerita of English at Rice University, USA and Honorary Doctor of Letters, has published twenty-two books, including Lord of the Rings: The Mythology of Power and The Mythographic Chaucer: The Fabulation of Sexual Politics.