Chiastic designs in English literature
Subtitle: from Sidney to Shakespeare
By: by William E. Engel.
Publisher: Ashgate Pub. Co.; Ashgate
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 158
ISBN-13: 9780754666363
Subjects: Sidney, Philip, -- Sir, -- 1554-1586; Spenser, Edmund, -- 1552?-1599; Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Tragicomedies; English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism; Chiasmus; English language -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Style
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: speaking of chiasmus. Pattern recognition; title: Memory patterns and patterns of memory; title: Recovering the aesthetic of chiasmus; title: Learning justice and practicing penance: Phlegyas and David. Echoes in the underworld; title: Sanctifying the memory arts; title: Echo in Arcadia: Sidney's legacy. The place of the eclogues; title: The arcadian arts of memory. Mirror and allegory: Spenser's calling; title: Unfinished books and double "scrines"; title: Memorial edifices and "iust memorie"; title: Extreme dramatic symmetry: Shakespearean triads. The triumph of Diana; title: Chiasmus early and late; title: Conclusion: chiastic echoes. The chiastic aesthetic recovered; title: Patterns of memory and memory patterns; title: Recognized patterns.