{"product_id":"9780300188998","title":"The Renaissance Epic and the Oral Past","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book offers a close survey of the changing audiences, modes of reading, and cultural expectations that shaped epic writing in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccording to Anthony Welch, the theory and practice of epic poetry in this period—including little-known attempts by many epic poets to have their work orally recited or set to music—must be understood in the context of Renaissance musical humanism. Welch’s approach leads to a fresh perspective on a literary culture that stood on the brink of a new relationship with antiquity and on the history of music in the early modern era.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47068995911920,"sku":"9780300188998","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780300188998_p0.jpg?v=1763670241","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780300188998","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}