The Return of Proserpina

Name: The Return of Proserpina
Brand: Princeton University Press
SKU: 01741521

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1766429The Return of Proserpinahttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-return-of-proserpina/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/393928/36601527-b6c9-4ad1-bc7c-0e68ff628888.jpg?v=638334517642770000557773MXNPrinceton University PressInStock/Ebooks/Sicily and the strategies of empire in the poetic imagination of classical and medieval EuropeIn the first century BC, Cicero praised Sicily as Romes first overseas province and confirmed it as the mythic location for the abduction of Proserpina, known to the Greeks as Persephone, by the god of the underworld. The Return of Proserpina takes readers from Roman antiquity to the late Middle Ages to explore how the Mediterranean island offered authors a setting for forces resistant to empire and a location for displaying and reclaiming what has been destroyed.Using the myth of Proserpina as a through line, Sarah Spence charts the relationship Western empire held with its myths and its own past. She takes an in-depth, panoramic look at a diverse range of texts set on Sicily, demonstrating how the myth of Proserpina enables a discussion of empire in terms of balance, loss, and negotiation. Providing new readings of authors as separated in time and culture as Vergil, Claudian, and Dante, Spence shows how the shape of Proserpinas tale and perceptions of the island change from a myth of loss to one of redemption, with the volcanic Mt. Etna playing an increasingly central role.Delving into the ways that myth and geography affect politics and poetics, The Return of Proserpina explores the power of language and the written word during a period of tremendous cultural turbulence....1741521The Return of Proserpina557773https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-return-of-proserpina/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/393928/36601527-b6c9-4ad1-bc7c-0e68ff628888.jpg?v=638334517642770000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20239780691227160_W3siaWQiOiJkZmVhYWZiNC1iNDFkLTQ2ZTgtOTA3Ni1lYmYwYzdiY2Q2NzAiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjc3MywiZGlzY291bnQiOjIxNiwic2VsbGluZ1ByaWNlIjo1NTcsImluY2x1ZGVzVGF4Ijp0cnVlLCJwcmljZVR5cGUiOiJXaG9sZXNhbGUiLCJjdXJyZW5jeSI6Ik1YTiIsImZyb20iOiIyMDI1LTA4LTI4VDIxOjAwOjAwWiIsInRvIjoiMjAyNS0wOS0zMFQyMzo1OTo1OVoiLCJyZWdpb24iOiJNWCIsImlzUHJlb3JkZXIiOmZhbHNlfSx7ImlkIjoiYTQyNjQ2ODktM2ZjMi00MmU5LWI5OTYtZTEyMzNjNDgxZDRhIiwibGlzdFByaWNlIjo3NDUsImRpc2NvdW50IjoyMDgsInNlbGxpbmdQcmljZSI6NTM3LCJpbmNsdWRlc1RheCI6dHJ1ZSwicHJpY2VUeXBlIjoiV2hvbGVzYWxlIiwiY3VycmVuY3kiOiJNWE4iLCJmcm9tIjoiMjAyNS0xMC0wMVQwMDowMDowMFoiLCJyZWdpb24iOiJNWCIsImlzUHJlb3JkZXIiOmZhbHNlfV0=9780691227160_Sicily and the strategies of empire in the poetic imagination of classical and medieval EuropeIn the first century BC, Cicero praised Sicily as Romes first overseas province and confirmed it as the mythic location for the abduction of Proserpina, known to the Greeks as Persephone, by the god of the underworld. The Return of Proserpina takes readers from Roman antiquity to the late Middle Ages to explore how the Mediterranean island offered authors a setting for forces resistant to empire and a location for displaying and reclaiming what has been destroyed.Using the myth of Proserpina as a through line, Sarah Spence charts the relationship Western empire held with its myths and its own past. She takes an in-depth, panoramic look at a diverse range of texts set on Sicily, demonstrating how the myth of Proserpina enables a discussion of empire in terms of balance, loss, and negotiation. Providing new readings of authors as separated in time and culture as Vergil, Claudian, and Dante, Spence shows how the shape of Proserpinas tale and perceptions of the island change from a myth of loss to one of redemption, with the volcanic Mt. Etna playing an increasingly central role.Delving into the ways that myth and geography affect politics and poetics, The Return of Proserpina explores the power of language and the written word during a period of tremendous cultural turbulence....9780691227160_Princeton University Presslibro_electonico_bf94add5-c8a3-3877-916e-4f7e9808cfd2_9780691227160;9780691227160_9780691227160Sarah SpenceInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/princetonup-epub-e365faa0-f66b-44b4-a7c3-81852e77a3b9.epub2023-01-03T00:00:00+00:00Princeton University Press