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This title in other formats:History and Warfare in Renaissance Epicby Michael Murrin
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Although the Renaissance epic was the principal literary means of representing war in its time, modern readers of the epic often lack a basic understanding of the history of warfare. Michael Murrin here offers the first analysis to bring an understanding of both the history of literature and the history of warfare to the study of the epic. Analyzing English, Italian, and Iberian epics published between 1483 and 1610, Murrin focuses on particular aspects of warfare (cavalry clashes, old and new style sieges, the tactical use of the gun, naval warfare) and the responses to them by authors from Malory to Milton. Throughout, Murrin traces a parallel development in the art of war and in the epic as it emerged from the romance. Murrin demonstrates that with new technology and increasing levels of carnage, the practice of war gradually drifted from traditional epic modes. But before changes in warfare completely doomed the tradition in which the epic was rooted, this crisis provoked an unprecedented range of experiment which marks heroic narrative in the late Renaissance and ultimately led to the epic without war. A much-needed introduction to the neglected subject of warfare in epic literature, this work is an uncommonly wide-ranging exercise in comparative criticism that will appeal to historians and students of literature alike. Book News Annotation:Paper edition of a 1994 study which combines an understanding of both
the history of literature and the history of warfare in a discussion
of the epic. Murrin (English, comparative literature, and divinity,
U. of Chicago) analyzes English, Italian, and Iberian epics published
between 1483 and 1610, focusing on particular aspects of warfare such
as the tactical use of the gun, naval warfare, and cavalry clashes,
and discusses their literary representations.
Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Synopsis:"A remarkable book, for its immense learning and interdisciplinary scope, for the originality of its approach, and for the new and subtle insights it repeatedly sheds on the texts it treats. Murrin is the first scholar-critic to examine systematically how epics represent warfare and how and to what extent these representations correspond to actual practices of combat in the contemporary world of their poets". — David Quint, Yale University Table of ContentsList of Illustrations
Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction Pt. 1: War Without the Gun: The Romance Tradition 1: The Tactics of Roncesvalles: Luigi Pulci 2: Arthur's Rise to Power: Sir Thomas Malory 3: Agramante's War: Matteo Maria Boiardo Pt. 2: The Movement Into Realism and History 4: The Siege of Paris: Ludovico Ariosto, Torquato Tasso, and Alonso de Ercilla y Zuniga 5: The Problems History Makes for the Poet: Torquato Tasso Pt. 3: The Gun, Or the New Technology 6: Negative Critiques: Ludovico Ariosto and John Milton 7: Positive Evaluations: Alonso de Ercilla y Zuniga and Luis Vaz de Camoes 8: The Heroic Few: Alonso de Ercilla y Zuniga and Gaspar Perez de Villagra 9: The Officers Take Over: Juan Rufo and Pedro de Ona Pt. 4: Violence 10: Are There Limits to Violence?: Matteo Maria Boiardo, Torquato Tasso, and Alonso de Ercilla y Zuniga 11: Acoma: Gaspar Perez de Villagra Pt. 5: The Epic Without War 12: The English: Sir Philip Sidney, Michael Drayton, and Samuel Daniel Appendixes Notes Bibliography Index What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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