Secret of the Muses Retold: Classical Influences on Italian Authors of the Twentieth Century

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Precious repositories of ancient wisdom? Musty relics of outmoded culture? Timeless paragons of artistic achievement? Hegemonic tools of intellectual repression? Just what are the classics, anyway, and why do (or should) we still pay so much attention to them? What is the literary canon? What is myth, and how do we use it?

These are some of the questions that gave rise to John Kirby's Secret of the Muses Retold. This new study of works...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0226437485

ISBN13:9780226437484

Release Date:February 2001

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:168 Pages

Weight:0.60 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections

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