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Early Modern Metaphysical Literature
Nature, Custom and Strange Desires
ISBN/EAN: 9780333760215
Umbreit-Nr.: 9047272
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: x, 204 S., 5 s/w Illustr., 204 p. 5 illus.
Format in cm:
Einband:
gebundenes Buch
Erschienen am 19.01.2001
Auflage: 1/2001
- Zusatztext
- Early Modern Metaphysical Literature illuminates now-obscured aspects of cultural negotiation and denaturalization germane to numerous Metaphysical texts. Examining poetry and prose by Donne, Marvell, Lanyer, Crashaw, and Edward Herbert, this book challenges readers to recognize the provocative strangeness of these writings in their original contexts and today.
- Kurztext
- Original and challenging exploration of writings of Donne, Marvell, Crashaw and other metaphysical writersIncludes novel integration of gay and lesbian issues with the mainstreamDraws together cultural, historical and literary studies to reinterpret seventeenth-century texts
- Autorenportrait
- MICHAEL MORGAN HOLMES has published widely on early modern literature, culture, and sexuality, as well as a study of Italo-Canadian poet Mary di Michele. Holmes has taught at McGill, the Université de Montréal, Wilfred Laurier University, and Brock University.