Placing elysium in renaissance britain: poetry, politics, theology, eros
Auteur :
Cheney, Patrick
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780198871200
Date de publication :
2 oct. 2025
Dimensions :
22,3 x 14,7 x 2,6 cm
Poids :
608 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Cheney explores the literary trope of Elysium from ancient Greek poetry to the English Renaissance, with attention to its place in cartography and the geographies of the sixteenth century, and with emphasis upon the social, political, and imaginative ideas with which it became associated, including religion, nationalism, and utopianism.