Title: The Renaissance epic and the oral past
Description: This volume explores why Renaissance epic poetry clung to fictions of song and oral performance in an age of growing literacy. 16th- and 17th-century poets, Anthony Welch argues came to view their written art as newly distinct from the oral cultures of their ancestors.
Subjects: Classical influences, European Epic literature, European poetry, History and criticism, European Epic poetry, European literature, Epic poetry, history and criticism, Epic literature, history and criticism, Literature, modern, history and criticism, 17th century
Time periods: Renaissance, 1450-1600, 17th century