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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451410403321

Autore

Oppenheimer Paul

Titolo

The birth of the modern mind [[electronic resource] ] : self, consciousness, and the invention of the sonnet / / Paul Oppenheimer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1989

ISBN

1-280-52370-0

0-19-536347-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Disciplina

809.1/42

Soggetti

Sonnet

Sonnets, European - History and criticism

Literature, Modern - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; I: The Birth of the Modern Mind: New Facts and a Theory; II: Sonnets in the European Tradition; A Note on the Translations; Italian Sonnets; German Sonnets; French Sonnets; Spanish Sonnets; Notes on the Poets and Poems; III: Scholarly Background: The Origin of the Sonnet; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

This book suggests that the origins of the thought and literature which is termed ""modern"" can be traced to the 13th-century Italian invention of the sonnet, the first literary form since classical times meant not for performance but for silent reading and introspection.