Rumour and renown : representations of Fama in western literature /

Rumour and renown : representations of Fama in western literature /

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Author / Creator:	Hardie, Philip R.
Imprint:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Description:	xii, 693 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Cambridge classical studies Cambridge classical studies.
Subject:	Fame in literature. Rumor in literature. Fame in literature. Rumor in literature.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8784892

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ISBN:	9780521620888 0521620880
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 640-676) and indexes.
Summary:	"The Latin word fama means 'rumour', 'report', 'tradition', as well as modern English 'fame' or 'renown'. This magisterial and groundbreaking study in the literary and cultural history of rumour and renown, by one of the most influential living critics of Latin poetry, examines the intricate dynamics of their representations from Homer to Alexander Pope, with a focus on the power struggles played out within attempts to control the word, both spoken and written. Central are the personifications of Fama in Virgil and Ovid and the rich progeny spawned by them, but the book focuses on a wide range of genres other than epic, and on a variety of modes of narrating, dramatising, critiquing, and illustrating fama. Authors given detailed readings include Livy, Tacitus, Petrarch, Chaucer, Spenser, Shakespeare, Ben Jonson and Milton"--

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Call Number:	PN56.F297 H37 2012
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