Philip Sidney and the poetics of Renaissance cosmopolitanism [electronic resource] / Robert E. Stillman.
By: Stillman, Robert E.
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BookPublisher: Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, 2008Description: xvi, 266 p.Subject(s): Sidney, Philip, Sir, 1554-1586 -- Criticism and interpretation | Sidney, Philip, Sir, 1554-1586. Apologie for poetrie | Sidney, Philip, Sir, 1554-1586 -- Political and social views | Sidney, Philip, Sir, 1554-1586 -- Knowledge -- Poetry | Politics and literature -- England -- History -- 16th century | Literature and society -- England -- History -- 16th century | Literature and morals | Cosmopolitanism in literatureGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 808.1 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: poetry and the public domain -- "Famous preachers and teachers" : mediating the cause -- The "noblest scope" : reading, writing and early modern poetics -- "The enjoying of his own divine essence" : poetry and piety -- "Captived to the truth of a foolish world" : poetry and the politics of tyranny -- Conclusion: reproducing Cyrus : The defence of poesy and a cosmopolitan culture of books.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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