Latin erotic elegy and the shaping of sixteenth-century English love poetry : lascivious poets / Lin...
Latin erotic elegy and the shaping of sixteenth-century English love poetry : lascivious poets / Lin...
Latin erotic elegy and the shaping of sixteenth-century English love poetry : lascivious poets / Linda Grant.
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
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G 2019/5311
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English
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Physical content
vii, 263 pages ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction: 'All that rout of lascivious poets that wrote epistles and ditties of love' -- 'Ovid was there and with him were Catullus, Propertius and Tibullus': transmission, teaching and receptions of Roman love elegy in the Renaissance -- 'For truth and faith in her is laid apart': women's words...
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Publisher
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2019.
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Summary
"How did Latin erotic elegy influence and shape sixteenth-century English love poetry? Using an interdisciplinary approach, this book offers detailed readings of poetry with close attention to the erotic, sometimes problematically 'pornographic', 'wanton' and 'lascivious' verse that exists in both periods. Moving beyond arguments that relate Renais...
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Latin erotic elegy and the shaping of sixteenth-century English love poetry : lascivious poets / Linda Grant.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2019/5311
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74VKV55ZyN7O
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV55ZyN7O
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ISBN
1108725643
9781108493864 (hardback)
1108493866
9781108725644 (paperback)
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874.4093543
MMS ID
991024272819302626
