Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
- File Type
Articles 1 - 2 of 2
Full-Text Articles in Entire DC Network
“‘Why Should They Not Alike In All Parts Touch?’ Donne And The Elegiac Tradition.”, M. Stapleton
“‘Why Should They Not Alike In All Parts Touch?’ Donne And The Elegiac Tradition.”, M. Stapleton
M. L. Stapleton
No abstract provided.
Harmful Eloquence: Ovid’S “Amores” From Antiquity To Shakespeare, M. Stapleton
Harmful Eloquence: Ovid’S “Amores” From Antiquity To Shakespeare, M. Stapleton
M. L. Stapleton
"Harmful Eloquence: Ovid's 'Amores' from Antiquity to Shakespeare" traces the influence of the early elegiac poetry of Ovid on European literature from 500-1600 c.e. The Amores served as a classical model for love poetry in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and were essential to the formation of "fin' Amors, or "courtly love." Medieval Latin poets, the troubadours, Dante, Petrarch, and Shakespeare were all familiar with Ovid in his various forms, and all depended greatly upon his Amores in composing their "cansos, canzoniere, and sonnets. "Harmful Eloquence" begins with a detailed analysis of the Amores themselves and their artistic unity. …