Petrarchism at work: contextual economies in the age of Shakespeare

"This book will focus on competing claims about quicksilver eloquence, vatic inspiration, and hermeneutic skills among Renaissance poets, and upon choices that they made for their writing, their literary careers, and the professionalization of their craft. Its ground is the intersection of aest...

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Main Author: Kennedy, William J. 1942- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ithaca ; London Cornell University Press 2016
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Summary:"This book will focus on competing claims about quicksilver eloquence, vatic inspiration, and hermeneutic skills among Renaissance poets, and upon choices that they made for their writing, their literary careers, and the professionalization of their craft. Its ground is the intersection of aesthetics and economics in European Renaissance poetry, and its principal actors are Francesco Petrarch, Gaspara Stampa, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Pierre de Ronsard and William Shakespeare"--Introduction
Physical Description:x, 333 Seiten
ISBN:9781501700019

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