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Il ‘debole’ Sansone
2006-08-23T06:53:20Z
Abstract
The Quam velim virginum poem, typical of Latin American literature of the twelfth century, was published by Wright in 1838 and then appears in the collection of the Carmina Arundeliana of Meyer aus Speyer (Die Arundel Sammlung mittellateinischer Lieder, Berlin 1908). Dronke attributed the authorship of the poem to Peter of Blois. The poem is interesting because – apart from conjecture about the author– is a perfect example of ‘second degree’ poetry, built on biblical and classics literary suggestions fused together. Along with typical themes of the ars amatoria (and then with Ovid), we find the figure of Samson, as depicted in the Liber Iudicum. The poetic lusus by authors such as Peter of Blois is the basis of the beginning of European vernacular poetry.
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Polymnia. Studi di Filologia Classica 2
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