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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820671403321

Autore

Oppenheimer Paul

Titolo

The birth of the modern mind : 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

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

809.1/42

Soggetti

Sonnet

Sonnets, European - History and criticism

Literature, Modern - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

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

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.