A window to critism : Shakespeare's Sonnets and modern poetics / Murray Krieger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Krieger, Murray, author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library ; 2415

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Sonnets.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Sonnets--History and criticism.

Poetics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (237 p.)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1964.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Mr. Krieger attempts to extract a total mythology from Shakespeare's Sonnets and to use this mythology in their interpretation. Engaged in developing a poetics which will create a daring and inclusive view of poetry, he uses the metaphor of window and mirror to explore the implications of moving into a poem's closed context and outward to history and existence.Originally published in 1964.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

I. The Mirror as Window in Recent Literary Theory

1. The Resort to "Miracle" in Recent Poetics

2. Contextualism and Its Alternatives

II. The Mirror as Window in Shakespeare's Sonnets

Introductory

1. The Mirror of Narcissus and the Magical Mirror of Love

2. Truth vs. Troth: The Worms of the Vile, Wise World

3. State, Property, and the Politics of Reason

4. The Miracle of Love's Eschatology and Incarnation

III. The Power of Poetic Effigy

The Power of Poetic Effigy

Index

Index of Sonnets

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliographical footnotes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 16, 2016).

ISBN:

9780691624990

0691624992

9781400879519

1400879515

OCLC:

932331371