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
Main Author: Low, Anthony, 1935- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1985]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Virgil.
Virgile > Influence.
Virgil > Influence.
Pastoral poetry, English.
Literature and society.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
English poetry > Roman influences.
English poetry > Early modern.
POETRY > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
POETRY > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Poesie anglaise > 1500-1700 (Moderne) > Histoire et critique.
Poesie pastorale anglaise > Histoire et critique.
Litterature et societe > Grande-Bretagne.
Literature and society > Great Britain.
Pastoral poetry, English > History and criticism.
English poetry > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Great Britain.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
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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