The Poetics of Inconstancy: Etienne Durand and the End of Renaissance Verse - Couverture souple

Rogers, Hoyt

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0807892602 ISBN 13 : 9780807892602

Editeur : The University of North Carolina Press, 1997

Synopsis

The transformation of Late Petrarchism from earlier stages reflects a profound shift in cultural values -- a 'crisis of the Renaissance' that generated new perspectives in poetic theory and practice. Broadly, this book identifies a distinctive 'poetics of inconstancy' that came to the fore at the end of the sixteenth century and pervaded the love verse of the age. At the same time, as a study based on the inductive method, the book takes as its point of departure a single poet: Etienne Durand. Because of his frequently anthologized 'Stances à l'Inconstance, ' Durand is often singled out as 'the poet of inconstancy.' This study, however, identifies the theme of universal change as a hallmark of Durand's contemporaries as well -- a signal of a stylistic revolution that heralded the end of Renaissance verse.

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À propos de l'auteur

Hoyt Rogers is professor of comparative literature at the Catholic University of Santo Domingo.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The University of North Carolina Press
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0807892602
• ISBN 13: 9780807892602
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 242
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