Robert Southwell [[electronic resource] ] : snow in Arcadia : redrawing the English lyric landscape, 1586-95 / / Anne Sweeney
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Sweeney Anne
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Robert Southwell [[electronic resource] ] : snow in Arcadia : redrawing the English lyric landscape, 1586-95 / / Anne Sweeney
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| Pubblicazione: | Manchester, : Manchester University Press, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (325 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 821.3 |
| Soggetto topico: | Christian poetry, English - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism |
| Soggetto non controllato: | Elizabethan England |
| Jesuit | |
| Robert Southwell | |
| Shakespeare | |
| Sidney | |
| Spenser | |
| artistic debate | |
| holy music | |
| poetry | |
| radicalisation | |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Robert Southwell |
| ISBN: | 1-78170-119-9 |
| 1-84779-191-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910812840503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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