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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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Estrin, Barbara L., 1942- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 1994.
Collection:Post-contemporary interventions.
Sujets:
Wyatt, Thomas, > Sir, > 1503?-1542 > Characters > Women.
Marvell, Andrew, > 1621-1678 > Characters > Women.
Donne, John, > 1572-1631 > Characters > Women.
Wyatt, Thomas, > Sir, > 1503?-1542 > Personnages > Femmes.
Marvell, Andrew, > 1621-1678 > Personnages > Femmes.
Donne, John, > 1572-1631 > Personnages > Femmes.
Donne, John, > 1572-1631.
Marvell, Andrew, > 1621-1678.
Wyatt, Thomas, > Sir, > 1503?-1542.
Donne, John.
Marvell, Andrew.
Petrarca, Francesco.
Wyatt, Thomas.
1500-1700
English poetry > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Love poetry, English > Male authors > History and criticism.
Women and literature > England > History > 16th century.
Women and literature > England > History > 17th century.
Literary form > History > 16th century.
Literary form > History > 17th century.
English poetry > Italian influences.
Sex role in literature.
Poésie anglaise > 16e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Femmes et littérature > Angleterre > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Femmes et littérature > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Poésie anglaise > Influence italienne.
Rôle selon le sexe dans la littérature.
Poésie d'amour anglaise > Histoire et critique.
Genres littéraires > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Genres littéraires > Histoire > 17e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Poetry.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry
English poetry > Early modern.
Literary form.
Love poetry, English > Male authors.
Women and literature.
Women in literature.
Frau > Motiv
Petrarkismus
Geliebte > Motiv
England.
English poetry > Special subjects > Love
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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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