Title Laura : uncovering gender and genre in Wyatt, Donne, and Marvell / Barbara L. Estrin

Published Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 1994

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 345 pages) : illustrations Series Post-contemporary interventions Post-contemporary interventions. Contents Introduction: gender performance and genre slippage -- [1.] Petrarch: Inverting the order: Laura as Eve to Petrarch's Adam ; "Like a man who thinks and weeps and writes": Laura as Mercury to Petrarch's Battus -- [2.] Wyatt: Taking bread: Wyatt's revenge in the lyrics and sustenance in the Psalms ; "Liking this": telling Wyatt's feelings -- [3.] Donne: Small change: defections from Petrarchan and Spenserian poetics ; Sylvia transformed: returning Donne's gifts ; "A pregnant bank": contracting and abstracting the "you" in Donne's "A valediction of my name in the window" and "Elegy: change" -- [4.] Marvell: "Busie companies of men": appropriations of female power in "Damon the mower" and "The gallery" ; "Preparing for longer flight": Marvell's nymph and the revenge of silence ; A-mazing and A-musing: after the garden in "Appleton house." Summary How do men imagine women? In the poetry of Petrarch and his English successors-Wyatt, Donne, and Marvell-the male poet persistently imagines pursuing a woman, Laura, whom he pursues even as she continues to deny his affections. Critics have long held that, in objectifying Laura, these male-authored texts deny the imaginative, intellectual, and physical life of the woman they idealize. In Laura, Barbara L. Estrin counters this traditional view by focusing not on the generative powers of the male poet, but on the subjectivity of the imagined woman and the imaginative space of the poe Analysis English poetry Special subjects Love Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject Wyatt, Thomas, Sir, 1503?-1542 -- Characters -- Women Marvell, Andrew, 1621-1678 -- Characters -- Women Donne, John, 1572-1631 -- Characters -- Women Donne, John, 1572-1631 Marvell, Andrew, 1621-1678 Wyatt, Thomas, Sir, 1503?-1542 Donne, John. Marvell, Andrew. Petrarca, Francesco. Wyatt, Thomas. English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism Love poetry, English -- Male authors -- History and criticism Women and literature -- England -- History -- 16th century Women and literature -- England -- History -- 17th century Literary form -- History -- 16th century Literary form -- History -- 17th century English poetry -- Italian influences. Sex role in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM -- Poetry. LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry English poetry -- Early modern English poetry -- Italian influences Literary form Love poetry, English -- Male authors Sex role in literature Women and literature Women in literature Frau Motiv Petrarkismus Geliebte Motiv England Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780822382256 0822382253 128306264X 9781283062640 9786613062642 6613062642

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