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The trials of Orpheus : poetry, science, and the early modern sublime / Jenny C. Mann.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mann, Jenny C. (Jenny Caroline), 1978- author.
- Series:
- Princeton scholarship online.
- Princeton scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- English literature--Greek influences.
- Eloquence in literature.
- Orpheus (Greek mythological character)--In literature.
- Orpheus.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 online resource 297 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- In this work, Jenny C. Mann takes a revealing look at how the Orpheus myth helped Renaissance writers and thinkers understand the force of eloquence.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction. Trying
- Chapter 1. Meandering: Ovid, Virgil, Longinus, Shakespeare, Sappho
- Chapter 2. Binding: Plato, Montaigne, Lucian, Bacon, Virgil, Ovid
- Chapter 3. Drawing: Beaumont, Ovid, Lodge, Shakespeare, Marlowe, Chapman, Petowe
- Chapter 4. Softening: Ovid, Marlowe, Shakespeare
- Chapter 5. Scattering: Ovid, Shakespeare
- Conclusion. Testing: Ovid, Bacon, Montaigne
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2021.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 6, 2022).
- ISBN:
- 9780691219233
- 0691219230
- OCLC:
- 1263026513
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