Sea-mark: The Metaphorical Voyage, Spenser to MiltonLiverpool University Press, 1997 - 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 |
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... poem is known to exist , except for the great Mutability Cantos , which concluded the poem when it was reprinted in 1609 , ten years after the poet's death . For a long time now , Spenser criticism has been almost as much concerned with ...
... poem is known to exist , except for the great Mutability Cantos , which concluded the poem when it was reprinted in 1609 , ten years after the poet's death . For a long time now , Spenser criticism has been almost as much concerned with ...
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... poem does not reach a haven , and not merely because he was prevented from finishing his work . ' ' The great poem ends with a repudiation of fictions and a confession of the human limits of imagining . ' ' Only God can write the ...
... poem does not reach a haven , and not merely because he was prevented from finishing his work . ' ' The great poem ends with a repudiation of fictions and a confession of the human limits of imagining . ' ' Only God can write the ...
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... poem , a growing scepticism ' about the power of heroic action to embody the highest ideals of virtue ' and a lessening of the narrator's confidence in his poetic structure . " The ship conceit ... operates structurally to remind us of ...
... poem , a growing scepticism ' about the power of heroic action to embody the highest ideals of virtue ' and a lessening of the narrator's confidence in his poetic structure . " The ship conceit ... operates structurally to remind us of ...
Contents
Chapter OneSPENSER | 19 |
Chapter TwoMARLOWE | 51 |
Chapter ThreeDONNE | 69 |
Copyright | |
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