Imagined Romes : : The Ancient City and Its Stories in Middle English Poetry / / C. David Benson.
This volume explores the conflicting representations of ancient Rome-one of the most important European cities in the medieval imagination-in late Middle English poetry.Once the capital of a great pagan empire whose ruined monuments still inspired awe in the Middle Ages, Rome, the seat of the pope,...
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| Place / Publishing House: | University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021] ©2019 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Spelling
- Introduction
- Part I Ancient Rome and Its Objects
- 1 The Relics of Rome: Christian Mercy and the Stacions of Rome
- 2 The Ruins of Rome: Pagan Marvels and the Metrical Mirabilia
- Part II. Narratives of Ancient Romans
- 3 Civic Romans in Gower's Confessio Amantis
- 4 Heroic (Women) Romans in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and the Legend of Good Women
- 5 Virtuous Romans in Piers Plowman
- 6 Tragic Romans in Lydgate's Fall of Princes
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index