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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777587803321

Autore

Kennedy William J (William John), <1942->

Titolo

The site of Petrarchism [[electronic resource] ] : early modern national sentiment in Italy, France, and England / / William J. Kennedy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003

ISBN

0-8018-8126-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (398 p.)

Collana

Parallax

Disciplina

851/.1

Soggetti

Italian literature - History and criticism

French literature - History and criticism

English literature - History and criticism

Sonnet

Nationalism in literature

Politics and literature - Italy

Politics and literature - France

Politics and literature - Great Britain

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 (p. 367-372) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Note on Sources; Introduction: Fore Sites; Part One:  Petrarch and the Site of Petrarchism in Italy; 1 Petrarch as Commentator: The Search for Italy; 2 Petrarchan Totems and Political Taboos; 3 Amor and Patria: Citing Petrarch in Florence and Naples; Part Two: Du Bellay and the Site of Petrarchism in France; 4 Du Bellay and the Language of Empire: The Deffence et illustration; 5 Totems for Defense: Du Bellay and Marot; 6 Illustrations of Taboo: Du Bellay, Héroët, Saint-Gelais, Scève; 7 Mon semblable, mon frère: Du Bellay and Ronsard

Part Three: The Sidneys and Wroth: The Site of Petrarchism in England8 Courtly and Anti-Courtly Sidneian Identities; 9 Family Narratives: The Transitional Space of Petrarchism; 10 An Apology for Uncles: Philip Sidney's Defence of Poetry; 11 Prosthetic Gods: The Liberties of Astrophil and Pamphilia; 12 Byblis and the Bible: Incest, Endogamy, and Mary Wroth; Conclusion: Far Sites, Father Sites, Farther Sites; Notes; Primary Sources Cited; Index