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Time’s Subjects

Time’s Subjects

Horology and Literature in the Later Middle Ages and Renaissance

There is ample evidence, from the earliest periods onwards, that mankind has sought to measure and organize temporal movement by means of intellectual theories about historical sequences and the contours of peoples’ lives, as well...There is ample evidence, from the earliest periods onwards, that mankind has sought to measure and organize temporal movement by...
Author/Editor: John Scattergood
Dante and the Seven Deadly Sins

Dante and the Seven Deadly Sins

This volume opens with the bold suggestion that the seven deadly sins constitute a key to the structure of Inferno and Paradiso as well as Purgatorio. It ends with a discussion of cowardice (not strictly...This volume opens with the bold suggestion that the seven deadly sins constitute a key to the structure of Inferno...
Author/Editor: John C. Barnes & Daragh O'Connell, editors
War and peace in Dante

War and peace in Dante

This volume opens with John Barnes exploring how Dante’s views on and experience of war are reflected in his literary works. Joseph Canning, addressing Dante’s justification of the authority of the Roman Empire, assesses the...This volume opens with John Barnes exploring how Dante’s views on and experience of war are reflected in his literary...
Author/Editor: John C. Barnes & Daragh O'Connell, editors
Language and style in Dante

Language and style in Dante

This volume opens with an essay where “style” is viewed medievally, as a near-synonym of “genre”: Zygmunt Barański argues that fully to appreciate the presence of Horace in Dante’s works the commentary tradition and medieval...This volume opens with an essay where “style” is viewed medievally, as a near-synonym of “genre”: Zygmunt Barański argues that...
Author/Editor: John C. Barnes & Michaelangelo Zaccarello editors
Transmission and generation in medieval and Renaissance literature

Transmission and generation in medieval and Renaissance literature

Essays in honour of John Scattergood

This collection of essays focuses on the processes of intellectual transmission in medieval and Renaissance literature, paying particular attention to the ways in which knowledge passes from one generation to the next. Each essay considers,...This collection of essays focuses on the processes of intellectual transmission in medieval and Renaissance literature, paying particular attention to...
Author/Editor: Karen Hodder & Brendan O'Connell, editors
Enigma and Revelation in Renaissance English literature

Enigma and Revelation in Renaissance English literature

This volume explores how the literature of the English Renaissance was informed by and involved with the twin concepts of ‘enigma’ and ‘revelation’. The collection includes new readings of poetry, prose and play-texts. Taken together,...This volume explores how the literature of the English Renaissance was informed by and involved with the twin concepts of...
Author/Editor: Helen Cooney & Mark S. Sweetnam, editors
Dublin and the Pale in the Renaissance, c.1540–1660

Dublin and the Pale in the Renaissance, c.1540–1660

Following the ground-breaking volume Ireland in the Renaissance, c.1540–1660 (2007) by the same editors, this multidisciplinary collection in history, art history, literature and archaeology examines the region of the English Pale in Ireland – and...Following the ground-breaking volume Ireland in the Renaissance, c.1540–1660 (2007) by the same editors, this multidisciplinary collection in history, art...
Author/Editor: Michael Potterton & Thomas Herron, editors
Occasions for writing

Occasions for writing

Essays on medieval and renaissance literature, politics and society

In 1974, in an introduction to Ben Jonson’s poetry, Thom Gunn wrote: ‘all poetry is occasional: whether the occasion is an external event like a birthday or a declaration of war, whether it is an...In 1974, in an introduction to Ben Jonson’s poetry, Thom Gunn wrote: ‘all poetry is occasional: whether the occasion is...
Author/Editor: John Scattergood
Trinity College Library Dublin

Trinity College Library Dublin

Descriptive catalogue of the Mediaeval and Renaissance Latin manuscripts

The first supplement to the 1991 catalogue of Latin manuscripts at Trinity College Dublin describes in detail Latin manuscripts acquired by Trinity College Dublin from 1990 to 2003. These manuscripts span the ninth to sixteenth...The first supplement to the 1991 catalogue of Latin manuscripts at Trinity College Dublin describes in detail Latin manuscripts acquired...
Author/Editor: Marvin L. Colker
Dante and his literary precursors

Dante and his literary precursors

This volume explores connections between Dante and literary contexts of periods earlier than his own, from the pre-Christian era to the thirteenth century. Essays include Pamela Williams (U. Hull), Cato of Utica in Cicero’s De Finibus...This volume explores connections between Dante and literary contexts of periods earlier than his own, from the pre-Christian era to...
Author/Editor: John C. Barnes & Jennifer Petrie, editors
Dante and the Church

Dante and the Church

The topic of Dante's attitude to the Church has exercised scholars since the 14th century, with the Reformation adding fuel to the question. The essays contained in this volume, however, are concerned with situating Dante...The topic of Dante's attitude to the Church has exercised scholars since the 14th century, with the Reformation adding fuel...
Author/Editor: Paolo Acquaviva & Jennifer Petrie, editors
Staging Ireland

Staging Ireland

Representations in Shakespeare and Renaissance drama

This book is a comprehensive study of the representation of Ireland in the plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. Through a detailed analysis of a range of canonical and less familiar plays, such as The...This book is a comprehensive study of the representation of Ireland in the plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. Through...
Author/Editor: Stephen O'Neill