Leonard Forster

The Icy Fire

Five Studies in European Petrarchism

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this short introductory book, Professor Forster examines Petrarchism as a European phenomenon transcending national boundaries.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juni 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 248g
• ISBN-13: 9780521295215
• ISBN-10: 0521295211
• Artikelnr.: 30880817

Inhaltsangabe

Introductory note
Notes on illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. The Petrarchan manner: an introduction
2. European petrarchism as training in poetic diction
3. Conventional safety values: alba, pastourelle and epithalamium
4. The political petrarchism of the Virgin Queen
5. Lynkeus' masque in Hoethe's Faust II
Notes
Bibliography
Tailpiece
Index.