Virgil and the Myth of Venice: Books and Readers in the Italian Renaissance

A comprehensive study showing that the Roman poet Virgil played an unexpectedly significant role in the shaping of Renaissance Venetian culture. The text argues that Virgil's poetry became a best-seller because it confirmed the specific values of its Venetian readers.

• | By (Author): Craig (Professor of English and Classics, Professor of English and Classics, Texas A & M University) Kallendorf
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Jul 01, 1999
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 260 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 019815254X
• | ISBN-13: 9780198152545