Guilty Creatures : Renaissance Poetry and the Ethics of Authorship
Dennis Kezar
In this innovative and learned study, Dennis Kezar examines how Renaissance poets conceive the theme of killing as a specifically representational and interpretive form of violence. Closely reading both major poets and lesser known authors of the early modern period, Kezar explores the ethicalself-consciousness and accountability that attend literary killing, paying particular attention to the ways in which this reflection indicates the poet's understanding of his audience. Among the many poems through which Kezar explores the concept of authorial guilt elicited by violent representationare Skelton's Phyllyp Sparowe, Spenser's Faerie Queene, Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, the multi-authored Witch of Edmonton, and Milton's Samson Agonistes.
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Год:
2001
Издание:
1st edition,
Язык:
english
Страницы:
280
ISBN 10:
1423762231
ISBN 13:
9781423762232
Файл:
PDF, 5.41 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2001