Guilty Creatures: Renaissance Poetry and the Ethics of AuthorshipIn 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 ethical self-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 representation are 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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Renaissance Poetry and the Ethics of Authorship Dennis Kezar. Contents Introduction : The Renaissance Killing Poem 3 ONE Courting Heresy and Taking the Subject : John Skelton's Precedent 17 Two Spenser and the Poetics of Indiscretion 50 ...
Renaissance Poetry and the Ethics of Authorship Dennis Kezar. Contents Introduction : The Renaissance Killing Poem 3 ONE Courting Heresy and Taking the Subject : John Skelton's Precedent 17 Two Spenser and the Poetics of Indiscretion 50 ...
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Contents
The Renaissance Killing Poem | 3 |
Courting Heresy and Taking the Subject John Skeltons Precedent | 17 |
Spenser and the Poetics of Indiscretion | 50 |
The Properties of Shakespeares Globe | 86 |
The Witch of Edmonton and the Guilt of Possession | 114 |
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Guilty Creatures: Renaissance Poetry and the Ethics of Authorship Dennis Kezar No preview available - 2011 |
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