The English Lyric from Wyatt to Donne

The English Lyric from Wyatt to Donne
Title The English Lyric from Wyatt to Donne PDF eBook
Author Douglas L. Peterson
Publisher Princeton University Press
Pages 400
Release 2015-12-08
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 1400877342

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The author rejects C.S. Lewis's theory of a "Drab" and a “Golden” school as unhistorical, and establishes the presence of an eloquent or courtly tradition and of a plain or contemplative tradition. Originally published in 1967. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

The English Lyric Tradition

The English Lyric Tradition
Title The English Lyric Tradition PDF eBook
Author R. James Goldstein
Publisher McFarland
Pages 236
Release 2017-03-23
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 1476627568

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Modern readers can sometimes be unsure about the language and the literary conventions of medieval and Renaissance verse--lyrical works written at a time before poetry was assumed to be about personal expression. This readers' guide introduces to a 21st century audience some of the greatest masterpieces of English poetry spanning five centuries. Focusing on poems by Chaucer, Wyatt, Shakespeare, Milton and others, the author discusses the development of poetic technique, explains the rhetorical culture of earlier centuries and describes the various lyric forms--including lover's complaints, sonnets and elegies--that poets used to communicate with readers.

English Poetry of the Seventeenth Century

English Poetry of the Seventeenth Century
Title English Poetry of the Seventeenth Century PDF eBook
Author George Parfitt
Publisher Routledge
Pages 316
Release 2014-09-19
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 1317896688

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Provides a comprehensive and entertaining account of the vitality and variety of achievement in seventeenth-century English poetry. Revised and up-dated throughout, Dr Parfitt has added new material on poets as varied as Marvell and Traherne. There is also a completely new chapter on women poets of the seventeenth century which considers the significant contributions of writers such as Katherine Philips and Margaret Cavendish. The proven quality and success of Dr Parfitt's survey makes this the essential companion for the teacher and student of seventeenth-century verse.

American and British Poetry

American and British Poetry
Title American and British Poetry PDF eBook
Author Harriet Semmes Alexander
Publisher Manchester University Press
Pages 512
Release 1984
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 9780719017063

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The Work of Dissimilitude

The Work of Dissimilitude
Title The Work of Dissimilitude PDF eBook
Author David G. Allen
Publisher University of Delaware Press
Pages 306
Release 1992
Genre Literary Collections
ISBN 9780874134353

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Nineteen scholars offer readings that address the continuity or discontinuity between the literature of the Renaissance and Middle Ages. Essays by Arthur F. Kinney, R. A. Shoaf, and O. B. Hardison focus on broader trends while shorter essays approach the periods by addressing particular themes in their literature or thought.

The Challenges of Orpheus

The Challenges of Orpheus
Title The Challenges of Orpheus PDF eBook
Author Heather Dubrow
Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press+ORM
Pages 476
Release 2011-06-15
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 0801896134

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This critical exploration of how we define lyric poetry is “thorough, penetrating, and on the cutting edge of contemporary scholarship” (Choice). As a literary mode “lyric” is difficult to define. The term is conventionally applied to brief, songlike poems expressing the speaker’s interior thoughts, but many critics have questioned the underlying assumptions of this definition. While many people associate lyric with the Romantic era, Heather Dubrow turns instead to the poetry of early modern England. The Challenges of Orpheus confronts widespread assumptions about lyric, exploring such topics as its relationship to its audiences, the impact of material conditions of production and other cultural pressures, lyric’s negotiations of gender, and the interactions and tensions between lyric and narrative. Dubrow offers fresh perspectives on major texts of the period—from Sir Thomas Wyatt’s “My lute awake” to John Milton’s Nativity Ode—as well as poems by lesser-known figures. She also extends her critical conclusions to poetry in other historical periods and to the relationship between creative writers and critics, recommending new directions for the study of lyric and of genre. A Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Title

The Complete Poems

The Complete Poems
Title The Complete Poems PDF eBook
Author R. Rebholz
Publisher Penguin UK
Pages 560
Release 2015-07-30
Genre Poetry
ISBN 0141969164

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As a diplomat in Renaissance Europe, and a luminary at the court of Henry VII, Sir Thomas Wyatt wrote in an incestuous world where everyone was uneasily subject to the royal whims and rages. Wyatt had himself survived two imprisonments in the Tower as well as a love affair with Anne Boleyn, and his poetry - that of an extraordinarily sophisticated, passionate and vulnerable man - reflects these experiences, making disguised reference to current political events. Above all, though, Wyatt is known for his love poetry, which often dramatizes incidents and remembered conversations with his beloved, with an ear acutely sensitive to patterns of rhythm and colloquial speech. Conveying the actuality of betrayal or absence, and the intense pressure of his longing for a love that could be trusted, these are some of the most haunting poems in the English language.