| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 268 pages) |
| Contents |
Courting heresy and taking the subject: John Skelton's precedent -- Spenser and the poetics of indiscretion -- The properties of Shakespeare's Globe -- The witch of Edmonton and the guilt of possession -- Samson's death by theater and Milton's art of dying -- Guilt and the constitution of authorship in Henry V and the antitheatrical elegies of W.S. and Milton |
| Summary |
This is a study of how poets treat the theme of killing and various other depravities and immoralities in Renaissance poetry. The book explores the self-consciousness of the poet that accompanies literary killing, and explores fundamental moments in particular writings in which Renaissance poets admit themselves accountable and to a degree guilty of a process whereby the literary subject is brought to some kind of destruction. Included among the many poems Kezar uses to explore the concept of authorial guilt raised by violent representations are Skelton's Phyllyp Sparowe, Spenser's Faerie Queene, Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, and Milton's Samson Agonistes |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism
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Death in literature.
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English drama (Tragedy) -- History and criticism
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Poetry -- Authorship -- Psychological aspects
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Renaissance -- England
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Violence in literature.
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Guilt in literature.
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POETRY -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Death in literature
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English drama (Tragedy)
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English literature -- Early modern
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Guilt in literature
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Poetry -- Authorship -- Psychological aspects
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Renaissance
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Violence in literature
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England
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1423762231 |
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9781423762232 |
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1280531290 |
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9781280531293 |
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