Squitter-wits and muse-haters : Sidney, Spenser, Milton and Renaissance antipoetic sentiment

Author(s)

• Herman, Peter C.

Bibliographic Information

Squitter-wits and muse-haters : Sidney, Spenser, Milton and Renaissance antipoetic sentiment

Peter C. Herman

Wayne State University Press, c1996

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-277) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This study offers an approach toward Renaissance literary production, demonstrating that antipoetic sentiment, previously dismissed as an unimportant aspect of Tudor-Stuart literary culture, constituted a significant "shaping presence" in Sidney, Spenser and Milton.

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Details

• NCID: BA3818638X
• ISBN:
  • 0814325718
• LCCN: 95051242
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Detroit
• Pages/Volumes: 284 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PR531
  • DC20 : 821/.309
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Sidney, Philip, Sir, 1554-1586 -- Criticism and interpretation
  • LCSH : Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599 -- Criticism and interpretation
  • LCSH : Milton, John, 1608-1674 -- Criticism and interpretation
  • LCSH : Literature and society -- England -- History -- 16th century
  • LCSH : Literature and society -- England -- History -- 17th century
  • LCSH : Poetry -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc
  • LCSH : Protestantism and literature
  • LCSH : Literature -- Philosophy
  • LCSH : Renaissance -- England
  • LCSH : Poetics