On not defending poetry : defence and indefensibility in Sidneys defence of poesy /

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Sidney's 'Defence of Poesy' is generally taken to present a model of poetry as ideal: the poet depicts ideals of human conduct which readers are inspired to imitate. Catherine Bates challenges this view, and shows how idealist poetics is complicit with the money form and its related i...

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1. Verfasser:
Bates, Catherine
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
Sidney's 'Defence of Poesy' is generally taken to present a model of poetry as ideal: the poet depicts ideals of human conduct which readers are inspired to imitate. Catherine Bates challenges this view, and shows how idealist poetics is complicit with the money form and its related ills: commodification, fetishism, and the abuse of power.
Umfang:
1 online resource (318 pages)
Anmerkungen:
This edition previously issued in print: 2017.
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-251256-0
0-19-183557-9
0-19-251255-2
Schlagworte:
Sidney, Philip, > 1554-1586 > Criticism and interpretation.
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