William Webbe addresses the preface of A Discourse of English Poetry to the 'Noble Poets of E... more William Webbe addresses the preface of A Discourse of English Poetry to the 'Noble Poets of England' to urge them to work on strengthening national verse through the renewal of English metres. Declining any pretensions of indoctrination, Webbe founds his poetica on the recognition of the potential of English poetry through poetic exempla and commendations of authors, which seem to encompass his own aspirations to impress Cambridge intellectuals. The pervasive use of textual material from Spenser's The Shepherds' Calendar is a rhetorical device used by Webbe to portray his commitment to humanist premises, and to establish his place in the literary milieu.
Renaissance rewritings of the Ovidian myths constitute quite an interesting subject for critical ... more Renaissance rewritings of the Ovidian myths constitute quite an interesting subject for critical studies. Their particularities and deviations from the original versions tellingly speak about their authors ideology concerning poetry and social organization. Marstons version of the story of Pygmalions image transforms Ovids romantic narration into a violently sexual satire against the Platonic conception of love. The female statue becomes a symbol of the conventional Petrarchan beloved and Pygmalion himself embodies the love poet. Hating womens imperfections and fearing love, he models an image of the ideal woman, adapted to his own needs and desires. She is also the Elizabethan prototype of a wife, who utters no words and whose existence is framed by men and according to mens needs. Her beautys function is that of reasserting the worth of her creators art. Physically, her body obeys to the predicaments of Petrarchan blazons and the hardness of her ivory heart alludes to the ...
The crisU of absoluti«n. and the reUgious tensions in the fir«t decades of IT" " , ,, ", the leve... more The crisU of absoluti«n. and the reUgious tensions in the fir«t decades of IT" " , ,, ", the level of social and famÜial organizaüon. The pacentury m Europe were felt at the level ot so concerning the relatriarchal system began to fad and ^^yf^ll^Z^Z gender crisis became one tionship between sexes were brou^t-t» q"-»^-« ^^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^"j"^,¿ of the most popular «ubjects for dram»-he« '^ ^ ^^^ ^ "^^", with new volees which enabled them to v-d^-» t^e p^^ ^^^^^^^,^ ^^ ^^^^^^^ risking their reputations of '¿-1- ;-^ J^^^^^^l ^"",, ,ere achieving over the T^esecondhalf of the l^th centu,. ^d ü.^-;dec^^^^^^^^^ aperiodofsocidandreligioustensionsmE^o^. .^ Renaissance testantism and Catholicism meant a menacing ms thought and prívate social relationships.
William Webbe addresses the preface of A Discourse of English Poetry to the 'Noble Poets of E... more William Webbe addresses the preface of A Discourse of English Poetry to the 'Noble Poets of England' to urge them to work on strengthening national verse through the renewal of English metres. Declining any pretensions of indoctrination, Webbe founds his poetica on the recognition of the potential of English poetry through poetic exempla and commendations of authors, which seem to encompass his own aspirations to impress Cambridge intellectuals. The pervasive use of textual material from Spenser's The Shepherds' Calendar is a rhetorical device used by Webbe to portray his commitment to humanist premises, and to establish his place in the literary milieu.
Renaissance rewritings of the Ovidian myths constitute quite an interesting subject for critical ... more Renaissance rewritings of the Ovidian myths constitute quite an interesting subject for critical studies. Their particularities and deviations from the original versions tellingly speak about their authors ideology concerning poetry and social organization. Marstons version of the story of Pygmalions image transforms Ovids romantic narration into a violently sexual satire against the Platonic conception of love. The female statue becomes a symbol of the conventional Petrarchan beloved and Pygmalion himself embodies the love poet. Hating womens imperfections and fearing love, he models an image of the ideal woman, adapted to his own needs and desires. She is also the Elizabethan prototype of a wife, who utters no words and whose existence is framed by men and according to mens needs. Her beautys function is that of reasserting the worth of her creators art. Physically, her body obeys to the predicaments of Petrarchan blazons and the hardness of her ivory heart alludes to the ...
The crisU of absoluti«n. and the reUgious tensions in the fir«t decades of IT" " , ,, ", the leve... more The crisU of absoluti«n. and the reUgious tensions in the fir«t decades of IT" " , ,, ", the level of social and famÜial organizaüon. The pacentury m Europe were felt at the level ot so concerning the relatriarchal system began to fad and ^^yf^ll^Z^Z gender crisis became one tionship between sexes were brou^t-t» q"-»^-« ^^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^"j"^,¿ of the most popular «ubjects for dram»-he« '^ ^ ^^^ ^ "^^", with new volees which enabled them to v-d^-» t^e p^^ ^^^^^^^,^ ^^ ^^^^^^^ risking their reputations of '¿-1- ;-^ J^^^^^^l ^"",, ,ere achieving over the T^esecondhalf of the l^th centu,. ^d ü.^-;dec^^^^^^^^^ aperiodofsocidandreligioustensionsmE^o^. .^ Renaissance testantism and Catholicism meant a menacing ms thought and prívate social relationships.
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