Philip Sidney and the poetics of Renaissance cosmopolitanism /

Philip Sidney and the poetics of Renaissance cosmopolitanism /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stillman, Robert E., 1954-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2008]
Subjects:
Sidney, Philip, > 1554-1586 > Criticism and interpretation.
Sidney, Philip, > 1554-1586. > Apologie for poetrie.
Sidney, Philip, > 1554-1586 > Political and social views.
Sidney, Philip, > 1554-1586 > Knowledge > Poetry.
Politics and literature > England > History > 16th century.
Literature and society > England > History > 16th century.
Literature and morals.
Cosmopolitanism in literature.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : poetry and the public domain
  • "Famous preachers and teachers" : mediating the cause
  • The "noblest scope" : reading, writing, and early modern poetics
  • "The enjoying of his own divine essence" : poetry and piety
  • "Captived to the truth of a foolish world" : poetry and the politics of tyranny
  • Conclusion : reproducing Cyrus : the Defence of poesy and a cosmopolitan culture of books.