Visionary Spenser and the poetics of early modern Platonism /
Platonic concerns and conceptions profoundly affected early modern English and continental poetics, yet the effects have had little attention. This book defines Platonism's role in early modern theories of literature, and then reappraises the major Platonising poet Edmund Spenser. It makes impo...
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- Elektronisch E-Book
- Sprache:
- Englisch
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2017.
- Ausgabe:
- First edition.
- Zusammenfassung:
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Platonic concerns and conceptions profoundly affected early modern English and continental poetics, yet the effects have had little attention. This book defines Platonism's role in early modern theories of literature, and then reappraises the major Platonising poet Edmund Spenser. It makes important new contributions to the knowledge of early modern European poetics and advances our understanding of Spenser's role and significance in English literary history.
- Umfang:
- 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
- Anmerkungen:
- This edition previously issued in print: 2017.
- Zielpublikum:
- Specialized.
- Bibliografie:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
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0-19-253378-9
0-19-184484-5 - Schlagworte:
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Parallelausgabe: 0-19-880707-4
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