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03675aam a2200469 i 4500 001 80569FF4DDAE11EDB031D5162DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230418010100 008 220201s2023 njuab b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2022005103 020 $a 0691227187 020 $a 9780691227184 020 $a 0691227179 020 $a 9780691227177 035 $a (OCoLC)1302001600 040 $a ICU/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d CDX $d YDX $d VTU $d NUI $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-it--- 050 00 $a PN57.P45 $b S64 2023 082 00 $a 808.8/0382922114 $2 23/eng/20220809 100 1 $a Spence, Sarah, $d 1954- $e author. 245 14 $a The return of Proserpina : $b cultural poetics of Sicily from Cicero to Dante / $c Sarah Spence. 264 1 $a Princeton, New Jersey : $b Princeton University Press, $c [2023] 300 $a xii, 215 pages : $b illustrations (black and white), maps ; $c 24 cm 520 $a "In this book, Sarah Spence explores the role of Sicily in the European imagination through the myth of Proserpina, who was abducted by the god of the underworld from the same Mediterranean island. Drawing on the author's training in both classics and medieval studies, the book explores how mythic narrative reflects ideas about ancient and medieval empires and engages with debates about the nature of the classical tradition as it evolved during the Middle Ages. Spence argues that the narrative structure of the Proserpina myth, the history of Sicily, and ideas about empire come to reflect, refract, and refine one another through literature, including works by Cicero, Vergil, Ovid, Claudian, and Dante. More broadly, Spence considers the way in which literature offers a space for political deliberation and imagination. While Roman poets focus on Proserpina's abduction as a means for discussing the problems of imperial expansion, for example, high medieval renderings of the myth-invoked in discussions of a new Christian empire shaped by the Crusades-instead focus on the loss of Proserpina, her eventual return, and the necessary negotiations her return involves. In this way, the tale of Proserpina and the history of Sicily trace the changing needs and understandings of empire, literature, and the complicated links between the two"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-210) and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: Negotiating Empire -- The Straits of Messina: Geography and Empire -- Drepanum and the Limits of the Aeneid -- Venus' other son: Cupid and Ovid's empire of poetry -- Claudian, Etna, and the Loss of Proserpina -- The Redemption of Proserpina -- Quando n'apparve una montagna: Purgatory and the Voyage of Ulysses -- Purgatorio, Etna, and the empire of love. 600 00 $a Proserpina $c (Roman deity) $x In literature. 600 00 $a Dante Alighieri, $d 1265-1321. $t Purgatorio. 600 07 $a Proserpina $c (Roman deity) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01079388 630 07 $a Purgatorio (Dante Alighieri) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01356635 650 0 $a Latin literature $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Criticism. 650 7 $a Latin literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00993331 650 7 $a Literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00999953 651 0 $a Sicily (Italy) $x In literature. 651 7 $a Italy $z Sicily. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204499 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 776 08 $i Online version: $a Spence, Sarah, 1954- $t Return of proserpina $d Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2023 $z 9780691227160 $w (DLC) 2022005104 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117020316.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=80569FF4DDAE11EDB031D5162DECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search