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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812840503321

Autore

Sweeney Anne

Titolo

Robert Southwell : snow in Arcadia : redrawing the English lyric landscape, 1586-95 / / Anne Sweeney

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, : Manchester University Press, 2006

ISBN

1-78170-119-9

1-84779-191-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (325 p.)

Disciplina

821.3

Soggetti

Christian poetry, English - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism

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

9780719074189; 9780719074189; Copyright; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; Introduction Ben Jonson's admiration for Southwell's'Burning Babe'; Chapter 1 Rome: the discernment of angels; Chapter 2 The Spiritual Exercises: the 'inward eie'; Chapter 3 Hidden ways and secret veins: into England; Chapter 4 The flight of angels: England's altered confidence; Chapter 5 Snow in Arcadia: rewriting the English lyric landscape; Chapter 6 Southwell's war of words; Chapter 7 The 'performing Word': Southwell's sacralised poetic; Chapter 8 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

It has traditionally been held that Robert Southwell's poetry offers a curious view of Elizabethan England, one that is from the restricted perspective of a priest-hole. This book dismantles that idea by examining the poetry, word by word, discovering layers of new meanings, hidden emblems, and sharp critiques of Elizabeth's courtiers, and even of the ageing queen herself.Using both the most recent edition of Southwell's poetry and manuscript materials, it addresses both poetry and private writings including letters and diary material to give dramatic context to the radicalisation of a generat