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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aBenson, C. David
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245 1 0 _aImagined Romes :
_bThe Ancient City and Its Stories in Middle English Poetry /
_cC. David Benson.
264 1 _aUniversity Park, PA :
_bPenn State University Press,
_c[2021]
264 4 _c©2019
300 _a1 online resource (216 p.)
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tAcknowledgments --
_tNote on Spelling --
_tIntroduction --
_tPart I Ancient Rome and Its Objects --
_t1 The Relics of Rome: Christian Mercy and the Stacions of Rome --
_t2 The Ruins of Rome: Pagan Marvels and the Metrical Mirabilia --
_tPart II. Narratives of Ancient Romans --
_t3 Civic Romans in Gower's Confessio Amantis --
_t4 Heroic (Women) Romans in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and the Legend of Good Women --
_t5 Virtuous Romans in Piers Plowman --
_t6 Tragic Romans in Lydgate's Fall of Princes --
_tNotes --
_tBibliography --
_tIndex
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aThis volume explores the conflicting representations of ancient Rome-one of the most important European cities in the medieval imagination-in late Middle English poetry.Once the capital of a great pagan empire whose ruined monuments still inspired awe in the Middle Ages, Rome, the seat of the pope, became a site of Christian pilgrimage owing to the fame of its early martyrs, whose relics sanctified the city and whose help was sought by pilgrims to their shrines. C. David Benson analyzes the variety of ways that Rome and its citizens, both pre-Christian and Christian, are presented in a range of Middle English poems, from lesser-known, anonymous works to the poetry of Gower, Chaucer, Langland, and Lydgate. Benson discusses how these poets conceive of ancient Rome and its citizens-especially the women of Rome-as well as why this matters to their works.An insightful and innovative study, Imagined Romes addresses a crucial lacuna in the scholarship of Rome in the medieval imaginary and provides fresh perspectives on the work of four of the most prominent Middle English poets.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Jun 2021)
650 0 _aEnglish poetry
_yMiddle English, 1100-1500
_xHistory and criticism.
650 7 _aLITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval.
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