The Virgilian pastoral tradition : from the Renaissance to the modern era /
Lindheim, Nancy,1936-
Pittsburgh, Pa. : Duquesne University Press,
c2005.
"This study contributes to a dialogue about the scope and meaning of pastoral, arguing for a more socially and aesthetically complex awareness of its significance. The study is text-based rather than thesis-driven, dealing mainly with Renaissance works by Spenser, Milton, and Shakespeare, but grounds itself in Virgil and concludes with pastoral's transmuted afterlife in Wordsworth and Samuel Beckett"--Provided by publisher.
"This study contributes to a dialogue about the scope and meaning of pastoral, arguing for a more socially and aesthetically complex awareness of its significance. The study is text-based rather than thesis-driven, dealing mainly with Renaissance works by Spenser, Milton, and Shakespeare, but grounds itself in Virgil and concludes with pastoral's transmuted afterlife in Wordsworth and Samuel Beckett"--Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 344-369) and index.
The Shepheardes calender as Virgilian pastoral -- Pastoral and masque at Ludlow -- Pastoral and Georgic in Lycidas -- The inclusion of fable : Daphnis and Chloe and Faerie queene 6 -- As you like it : "Hast any philosophy in thee, Shepherd?" -- The winter's tale as pastoral tragicomedy -- The exclusion of song : Wordsworth and Beckett.
Virgil
Virgil
Pastoral literature, English
English literature
Renaissance