Rhetoric, rhetoricians, and poets : studies in Renaissance poetry and poetics /

"Rhetoric, Rhetoricians and Poets contains essays by Marijke Spies about works written not only in Dutch, but also in French and in New Latin, with topics ranging from the effects of poetic principles on literary practice to the use of poetry as a means for improving society and developing the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Spies, Marijke
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Other Authors:	Duits, H., Strien, A. van
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [1999]
Subjects:	1450-1699 Rhetoric, Renaissance. European literature > Renaissance, 1450-1600 > History and criticism > Theory, etc. European literature > 17th century > History and criticism > Theory, etc. Poetics > History > 17th century. Poetics > History > 16th century. TRAVEL > Special Interest > Literary. LITERARY CRITICISM > General. Literature and literary studies. Literature: history and criticism. Humanities. History. LITERARY CRITICISM > Semiotics & Theory. Poetics. Nederlands. Retorica. Gedichten. Rederijkers. Letterkunde. Humanisme (cultuurgeschiedenis) Verzamelde werken (vorm) Rhétorique > 1500-1800. Littérature de la Renaissance > Histoire et critique > Théorie, etc. Littérature européenne > 17e siècle > Histoire et critique > Théorie, etc. Multi-User. Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Electronic book.
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Table of Contents:

The Rhetoric of Ronsard's 'Hymne de I'Or'
From Disputation to Argumentation: the French Morality Play in the Sixteenth Century
Between Epic and Lyric: the Genres in J.C. Scaliger's Poetices Libri Septem
Scaliger in Holland
Developments in Sixteenth-Century Dutch Poetics: from 'Rhetoric' to 'Renaissance'
The Amsterdam Chamber De Eglentier and the Ideals of Erasmian Humanism
Rhetoric and Civic Harmony in the Dutch Republic of the Late Sixteenth and Early Seventeenth Century.