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“The author has written an extraordinary history of the meanings and applications of a single word—pietà—and its cultural and Roman antiquity, early Christian Europe, the European middle ages, and sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Italy, France, and England. . . . This study is clearly a major contribution to comparative literature.”

—Paul J. Korshin,University of Pennsylvania


“This is a remarkably good book. Garrison has identified an enormous topic never previously studied in a coherent way: the tradition of ideas and terms for pietas in the premodern West. . . . I found his discussions not only of Renaissance commentary and mythography but also of the medieval Investiture controversy original, lucid, and compelling.”

—Anthony Grafton,Princeton University

Pietas from Vergil to Dryden

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      Publisher: Penn State University
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 4/15/1992 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780271026367, 978-0271026367
      ISBN10: 0271026367

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review

      “The author has written an extraordinary history of the meanings and applications of a single word—pietà—and its cultural and Roman antiquity, early Christian Europe, the European middle ages, and sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Italy, France, and England. . . . This study is clearly a major contribution to comparative literature.”

      —Paul J. Korshin,University of Pennsylvania


      “This is a remarkably good book. Garrison has identified an enormous topic never previously studied in a coherent way: the tradition of ideas and terms for pietas in the premodern West. . . . I found his discussions not only of Renaissance commentary and mythography but also of the medieval Investiture controversy original, lucid, and compelling.”

      —Anthony Grafton,Princeton University

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