Architectonics of imitation in Spenser, Daniel, and Drayton / / David Galbraith

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910820415803321
• Autore: Galbraith David Ian <1953->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2000; ©2000
• ISBN: 9786612037115; 1-282-03711-0; 1-4426-7094-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (246 p.)
• Disciplina: 821/.03209358
• Soggetti: English poetry - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism; Literature and history - England - History - 16th century; Literature and history - England - History - 17th century; Historical poetry, English - History and criticism; Critiques litteraires.; Livres numeriques.; Literary criticism; History; Criticism, interpretation, etc.; e-books.; Electronic books.; England
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1 The Landscape of Allegory -- Figuring Boundaries in The Faerie Queene -- 'The Vision Thing': Renaissance Allegory and Its Readers -- ENGLAND AND ROME IN THE FAERIE QUEENE -- 2 'All in amaze': Allegory in Book I of The Faerie Queene -- Spenser's Two Allegories -- 'The bright and blissfull Reformation' -- 3 Translatio Imperii in Book III of The Faerie Queene -- Leaving Troy -- Violation and Origin -- POETRY AND HISTORY AFTER THE FAERIE ; QUEENE -- 4 'Historian in verse': Daniel's Civil Wars -- 'Our Lucan' -- Analogy and Typology in The Civil Wars.; The Poet and the Past -- 5 'A true native Muse': Drayton's Poly-Olbion -- 'As in a glasse, this Isle survay': The Chorographical Tradition -- Poet and Historian in Poly-Olbion -- 'This strange Herculean toyle' -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
• Sommario/riassunto: Exploring the boundaries between poetry and history on three of England's epic literary works, Galbraith argues that they enter into a dialogue with classical and contemporary predecessors with implications for understanding the English Renaissance.