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Donne, Castiglione, and the poetry of courtliness / Peter DeSa Wiggins.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wiggins, Peter DeSa.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Courtesy in literature.
- Courts and courtiers in literature.
- English poetry--Italian influences.
- English poetry.
- Political poetry, English--History and criticism.
- Political poetry, English.
- Politics and literature--Great Britain--History--17th century.
- Politics and literature.
- Castiglione, Baldassarre, conte, 1478-1529--Influence.
- Castiglione, Baldassarre.
- Castiglione, Baldassarre, conte, 1478-1529. Libro del cortegiano.
- Donne, John, 1572-1631--Knowledge--Literature.
- Donne, John.
- Donne, John, 1572-1631--Political and social views.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (186 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Donne, Castiglione, and the Poetry of CourtlinessPeter DeSa WigginsThe influence of The Book of the Courtier on the work of John Donne.John Donne has been described as a ""poet of ambition,"" who used his poems as agents in his quest for preferment among the elites of Elizabethan and early Stuart London. Until now the extent of the influence on Donne's work of that era's most influential court text -- Castiglione's The Book of the Courtier -- has never been fully explored. Courtier was El
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Satirical Art of the Disabused; The Art of Impasse; The English Secretary; Poets and Lawyers; The Future of an Illusion; The Looking Glass; 2 Aesthetic Play; Courtly Art; On his Mistris Ž; Modern Instances; Courtly Comedy; 3 Sprezzatura or Transcendence: From Travesty to Palinode; Travesty; A Lesson in Deportment; Palinode; 4 Discerning Insincerity; The Good Courtier; The Bad Courtier; Sincerity Then and Now; Conclusion; Notes; Index; About the Author
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-169) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-253-10948-5
- OCLC:
- 437250152
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