The Georgic revolution /

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Low discusses the courtly or aristocratic ideal as the great enemy of the georgic spirit, and shows that georgic powerfully invaded English poetry in the years from 1590 to 1700. Originally published in 1985. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make avail...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Low, Anthony, 1935- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1985]
Series:Princeton legacy library
Subjects:
Virgil > Influence.
Virgile > Influence.
Virgil.
1500-1700
English poetry > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Pastoral poetry, English > History and criticism.
Literature and society > Great Britain.
English poetry > Roman influences.
Littérature et société > Grande-Bretagne.
Poesie pastorale anglaise > Histoire et critique.
Poésie anglaise > 1500-1700 (Moderne) > Histoire et critique.
POETRY > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
POETRY > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English poetry > Early modern.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Literature and society.
Pastoral poetry, English.
Great Britain.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Resistance to Georgic
  • 2. Poet of Work: Spenser and the Courtly Ideal
  • 3. The New Century
  • 4. New Science and the Georgic Revolution
  • 5. Georgic and Christian Reform
  • 6. Georgic and the Civil War
  • 7. Milton and the Georgic Ideal
  • Conclusion
  • Index
  • Backmatter.

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