Virgil in Medieval England Figuring the Aeneid from the Twelfth Century to Chaucer |
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| Author:
| Baswell, Christopher |
| Contribution by:
| Minnis, Alastair
Boyde, Patrick
Burrow, John
Copeland, Rita
Deyermond, Alan
Dronke, Peter
Palmer, Nigel
Wetherbee, Winthrop |
| Series title: | Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-02708-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2006 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $77.95 |
Book Description:
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What happens when a prestigious text of one period is read and re-used in a different, much later period? Taking as his model Virgil's ancient epic poem The Aeneid, Christopher Baswell shows how manuscripts which were re-used and re-annotated reveal widely differing approaches to the epic on the part of their users, and how medieval vernacular versions such as the Roman d'Eneas and Chaucer's House of Fame and Legend of Good Women make use of Virgil's prestige as a way of laying their...
More DescriptionWhat happens when a prestigious text of one period is read and re-used in a different, much later period? Taking as his model Virgil's ancient epic poem The Aeneid, Christopher Baswell shows how manuscripts which were re-used and re-annotated reveal widely differing approaches to the epic on the part of their users, and how medieval vernacular versions such as the Roman d'Eneas and Chaucer's House of Fame and Legend of Good Women make use of Virgil's prestige as a way of laying their own claim to poetic and even political authority.