Renaissance Texts, Medieval Subjectivities
Subtitle: Rethinking Petrarchan Desire from Wyatt to Shakespeare
Publisher: Duquesne University Press
Published: Feb 14, 2017
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780820704975
Description: In a major contribution to the burgeoning area of study that crosses between early modern texts and premodern cultures, Danila Sokolov argues for the necessity of reading the work of English Petrarchan writers in light of earlier medieval forms of poetic subjectivity. By doing just that, this book directly challenges one of the most enduring myths of contemporary criticism and shows that the many innovations associated with the poetry of Petrarchism derive from medieval subjectivities that continue to inform modern ideas of selfhood and modernity more generally.
Notes: Source title: Renaissance Texts, Medieval Subjectivities: Rethinking Petrarchan Desire from Wyatt to Shakespeare (Medieval & Renaissance Literary Studies)