Poetry and Politics in the English Renaissance
Revised Edition
Seiten
2002
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-924718-9 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-924718-9 (ISBN)
This title establishes the radical currents of thought shaping Renaissance poetry: civic humanism and apocalyptic Protestantism. The author shows how Elizabethan poets like Sidney and Spenser, often seen as conservative monarchists, responded powerfully if sometimes ambivalently to radical ideas.
For this edition David Norbrook has provided an extensive introduction which gives an overview of developments in methodology and research since the first edition in 1984, responds to some criticisms, and points the way to further inquiry. Footnotes have been updated to take account of the current state of knowledge, and a chronological table has been provided for ease of reference. Norbrook brings out the range and adventurousness of early modern poets' engagements with the public world. The first part of the book establishes the more radical currents of thought shaping Renaissance poetry: civic humanism and apocalyptic Protestantism. Norbrook then shows how such leading Elizabethan poets as Sidney and Spenser, often seen as conservative monarchists, responded powerfully though sometimes ambivalently to more radical ideas. A chapter on Fulke Greville shows how that ambivalence reaches an extreme in some remarkable poetry.
For this edition David Norbrook has provided an extensive introduction which gives an overview of developments in methodology and research since the first edition in 1984, responds to some criticisms, and points the way to further inquiry. Footnotes have been updated to take account of the current state of knowledge, and a chronological table has been provided for ease of reference. Norbrook brings out the range and adventurousness of early modern poets' engagements with the public world. The first part of the book establishes the more radical currents of thought shaping Renaissance poetry: civic humanism and apocalyptic Protestantism. Norbrook then shows how such leading Elizabethan poets as Sidney and Spenser, often seen as conservative monarchists, responded powerfully though sometimes ambivalently to more radical ideas. A chapter on Fulke Greville shows how that ambivalence reaches an extreme in some remarkable poetry.
Introduction to the Revised Edition ; Preface ; 1. The 'Utopia' and Radical Humanism ; 2. The Reformation and Prophetic Poetry ; 3. 'The Shepheardes Calender': Prophecy and the Court ; 4. Sidney and Political Pastoral ; 5. 'The Faerie Queene' and Elizabethan Politics ; 6. Voluntary Servitude: Fulke Greville and the Arts of Power ; 7. Jonson and the Jacobean Peace, 1603-16 ; 8. The Spenserians and King James, 1603-16 ; 9. Crisis and Reaction, 1617-28 ; 10. The Politics of Milton's Early Poetry ; Chronological Table ; Index
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.10.2002 |
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Verlagsort | Oxford |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 163 x 242 mm |
Gewicht | 646 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Christentum |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
ISBN-10 | 0-19-924718-8 / 0199247188 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-924718-9 / 9780199247189 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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