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Epic poets of the Renaissance looked to emulate the poems of Greco-Roman antiquity, but doing so presented a dilemma: what to do about the gods? Divine intervention plays a major part in the epics of Homer and Virgil& indeed, quarrels within the family of Olympian gods are essential to the narrative structure of those poems& yet poets of the Renaissance recognized that the cantankerous Olympians could not be imitated too closely. The divine action of their classical models had to be transformed to accord with contemporary tastes and Christian belief. 'From Many Gods to One' offers the first comparative study of poetic approaches to the problem of epic divine action. Through readings of Petrarch, Vida, Ariosto, Tasso, and Milton, Tobias Gregory' 'describes the narrative and ideological consequences of the epic's turn from pagan to Christian. Drawing on scholarship in several disciplines& religious studies, classics, history, and philosophy, as well as literature& 'From Many Gods to One' sheds new light on two subjects of enduring importance in Renaissance studies: the precarious balance between classical literary models and Christian religious norms and the role of religion in drawing lines between allies and others.

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Tout au long des XVIe et XVIIe siècles, la poésie religieuse, française mais aussi néo-latine ou espagnole, a connu une extraordinaire vitalité. Longtemps occulté, ce phénomène pose une série de questions essentielles, notamment en ce qui concerne sa réception. Pour quelles raisons ces titres, souvent imprimés à petits moyens ? Quel rôle a pu jouer le mécénat dans les orientations des poètes? La paraphrase en vers des Psaumes ou la méditation pénitentielle furent-elles des genres à la mode ? Mais aussi, quel type de sociabilité induit cette activité poétique ? Enfin, à quelle lecture sont destinés ces livres de piété, qui unissent le charme poétique à l'émotion du cœur converti ? C'est à ces différentes interrogations que tentent de répondre les contributions ici réunies, au croisement de la poétique, de l'histoire du livre et de celle des mentalités.

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European poetry --- Love poetry, European --- Love poetry, Romance --- History and criticism. --- History and criticism --- Romance-language love poetry --- Romance-language poetry --- European love poetry --- Petrarca, Francesco, --- Pétrarque --- Petrarch --- Petracco, Francesco --- Petrarca, Francesco (1304-1374) --- Influence. --- Petrarca, Francesco --- Love poetry [European ] --- 1450-1600 (Renaissance) --- Love poetry [Romance ] --- Influence --- Petrarca, Francesco, - 1304-1374. - Rime. --- Petrarca, Francesco, - 1304-1374 - Influence. --- Love poetry, European - History and criticism. --- European poetry - Renaissance, 1450-1600 - History and criticism. --- Love poetry, Romance - History and criticism. --- Petrarca, Franciscus, --- Petrarch, --- Petrarch, Francesco, --- Petrarcha, Franciscus, --- Petrark, --- Petrarka, Franchesko, --- Peṭrarḳa, Frants'esḳo, --- Pétrarque, --- Петрарка, Франческо, --- פטררקא, פרנצ׳סקו