Sea-mark: The Metaphorical Voyage, Spenser to MiltonLiverpool University Press, 1997 M01 1 - 227 pages An original study of the use made by a number of major writers in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England of the metaphor of the voyage, showing how powerfully it operated, and how fundamental it is for our proper understanding of some of the best-known works of Renaissance literature. "This well-written and jargon-free book is recommended for academic libraries supporting both undergraduates and advanced students and scholars."—Choice "... an interesting and worthwhile read for both scholars and students."—Early Modern Literary Studies |
Contents
Preface | 1 |
PAR T | 19 |
Chapter TwoMARLOWE | 51 |
Chapter ThreeDONNE | 69 |
PART | 101 |
Macbeth | 117 |
Comedies | 129 |
Chapter SevenBACON | 151 |
Chapter EightMILTON | 179 |
Conclusion | 199 |
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Advancement of Learning adversity Aeneas Antonio’s Bacon boat Book Calidore Canto Christ Christian Comedy Comedy of Errors confidence confirm course death Desdemona Dido difficulty discover divine Donne Donne’s doth edition Ephesus essay Faerie Queene fallen Faustus fictions figure final find finding fire first flat map fleet flesh Florimell fortune George Wilson Knight God’s Greenblatt Guyon hath Heaven Hercules hero honour human Hymne Iago Ibid Instauratio Magna invention journey land Macbeth MacCaffrey mankind Marinell mariners Marlowe means Merchant of Venice Milton nature navigation Neptune night ocean one’s Othello passage Pericles Phaedria pilot poem poet Prometheus Ralegh reflection riches romance Satan says scientific Sea-marke seems Seneca sermons Shakespeare ship shipwreck significance simile Spenser stanza storm story symbol Tamburlaine Tempest things thou Valerius Terminus voyage imagery voyage images voyage metaphor voyages of discovery W. B. Yeats wandering winds Winter’s Tale word wreck writing