Laura : Uncovering Gender and Genre in Wyatt, Donne and Marvell /

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How do men imagine women? In the poetry of Petrarch and his English successors-Wyatt, Donne, and Marvell-the male poet persistently imagines pursuing a woman, Laura, whom he pursues even as she continues to deny his affections. Critics have long held that, in objectifying Laura, these male-authored...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Estrin, Barbara L., 1942- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 1994.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Wyatt, Thomas.
Petrarca, Francesco.
Marvell, Andrew.
Donne, John.
Wyatt, Thomas, > Sir, > 1503?-1542.
Marvell, Andrew, > 1621-1678.
Donne, John, > 1572-1631.
Donne, John, > 1572-1631 > Personnages > Femmes.
Marvell, Andrew, > 1621-1678 > Personnages > Femmes.
Wyatt, Thomas, > Sir, > 1503?-1542 > Personnages > Femmes.
Donne, John, > 1572-1631 > Characters > Women.
Marvell, Andrew, > 1621-1678 > Characters > Women.
Wyatt, Thomas, > Sir, > 1503?-1542 > Characters > Women.
Geliebte > Motiv
Petrarkismus
Frau > Motiv
Women in literature.
Women and literature.
Sex role in literature.
Love poetry, English > Male authors.
Literary form.
English poetry > Italian influences.
English poetry > Early modern.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry
LITERARY CRITICISM > Poetry.
Genres litteraires > Histoire > 17e siecle.
Genres litteraires > Histoire > 16e siecle.
Poesie d'amour anglaise > Histoire et critique.
Rôle selon le sexe dans la litterature.
Poesie anglaise > Influence italienne.
Femmes et litterature > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siecle.
Femmes et litterature > Angleterre > Histoire > 16e siecle.
Poesie anglaise > 16e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Literary form > History > 17th century.
Literary form > History > 16th century.
Women and literature > England > History > 17th century.
Women and literature > England > History > 16th century.
Love poetry, English > Male authors > History and criticism.
English poetry > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
England.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: gender performance and genre slippage
  • [1.] Petrarch: Inverting the order: Laura as Eve to Petrarch's Adam ; "Like a man who thinks and weeps and writes": Laura as Mercury to Petrarch's Battus
  • [2.] Wyatt: Taking bread: Wyatt's revenge in the lyrics and sustenance in the Psalms ; "Liking this": telling Wyatt's feelings
  • [3.] Donne: Small change: defections from Petrarchan and Spenserian poetics ; Sylvia transformed: returning Donne's gifts ; "A pregnant bank": contracting and abstracting the "you" in Donne's "A valediction of my name in the window" and "Elegy: change"
  • [4.] Marvell: "Busie companies of men": appropriations of female power in "Damon the mower" and "The gallery" ; "Preparing for longer flight": Marvell's nymph and the revenge of silence ; A-mazing and A-musing: after the garden in "Appleton house."

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