Verginia, Lucretia, and the Medieval Livy: An Edition and Translation of Episodes from Pierre Bersuire's Tite-Live and Jean de Meun's Roman de la Rose - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Noah D. Guynn (Editor), Noah D. Guynn (Translator), David F. Hult (Editor)Publish date:01/14/25Pages:134
Language:EnglishPublisher:Boydell & BrewerISBN-13:9781843847359ISBN-10:1843847353UPC:9781843847359Book Category:Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:European, MedievalBook Topic:FrenchSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.38 inchesWeight:0.8113Product ID:SC815F2VYE
Verginia, Lucretia, and the Medieval Livy: An Edition and Translation of Episodes from Pierre Bersuire's Tite-Live and Jean de Meun's Roman de la Rose
The tragic stories of Lucretia and Verginia, taken from the fourteenth-century French version of Livy's History of Rome, presented with facing page English translation. Livy was famous in the Middle Ages for what Dante called his "unerring" history of Rome. Within that history, two episodes were especially well-known, both promoting female virtue while also suggesting how sexual violence could...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Boydell & BrewerISBN-13:9781843847359ISBN-10:1843847353UPC:9781843847359Book Category:Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:European, MedievalBook Topic:FrenchSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.38 inchesWeight:0.8113Product ID:SC815F2VYE
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Contributor(s)
Noah D. Guynn (Editor), Noah D. Guynn (Translator), David F. Hult (Editor)
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