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Sto caricando le informazioni... Vulgar eloquence : on the Renaissance invention of English literaturedi Sean Keilen
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Putting Beowulf and Canterbury Tales aside, Professor Keilen argues (I think) a newborn English literature arrived on the scene in the late 16th century. A classical antiquarian past became a renaissance prologue that was necessary to edit, bend, and mold into an initially "vulgar" vernacular that would eventually become a renowned and eloquent body of literature that would ultimately change the world. When the conquered finally lost their admiration and dependence for their conquerors, the prison doors flew open, and the sudden freedom allowed an escape from familiar barbarity, revealing a path forward to a civilized discourse and new identity. ( ) nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
This original book challenges prevailing accounts of English literary history, arguing that English literature emerged as a distinct category during the late sixteenth century, as England’s relationship with classical Rome was suffering an unprecedented strain. Exploring the myths through which poets such as Geffrey Whitney, William Shakespeare, and John Milton understood the nature of their art, Sean Keilen shows how they invented archaic origins for a new kind of writing. When history obliged English poets to regard themselves as victims of the Roman Conquest rather than rightful heirs of classical Latin culture, it also required a redefinition of their relations with Roman literature. Keilen shows how the poets’ search for a new beginning drew them to rework familiar fables about Orpheus, Philomela, and Circe, and invent a new point of departure for their own poetic history. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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