Impossible Desire and the Limits of Knowledge in Renaissance Poetry - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780198837510ISBN-10:198837518UPC:9780198837510Book Category:Literary Criticism, PoetryBook Subcategory:Renaissance, EuropeanBook Topic:English, Irish, Scottish, WelshSize:9.30 x 6.30 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.3514Product ID:SC1DCSBHZA
Impossible Desire and the Limits of Knowledge in Renaissance Poetry
Impossible Desire and the Limits of Knowledge in Renaissance Poetry examines the limits of embodiment, knowledge, and representation at a disregarded nexus: the erotic carpe diem poem in early modern England. These macabre seductions offer no compliments or promises, but instead focus on the lovers' anticipated decline, and--quite stunningly given the Reformation context--humanity's relegation...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780198837510ISBN-10:198837518UPC:9780198837510Book Category:Literary Criticism, PoetryBook Subcategory:Renaissance, EuropeanBook Topic:English, Irish, Scottish, WelshSize:9.30 x 6.30 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.3514Product ID:SC1DCSBHZA
Wendy Beth Hyman, Oberlin College Wendy Beth Hyman is Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Oberlin College. She received her MA and PhD from Harvard University, and her BA at Smith College. Professor Hyman is the editor of The Automaton in English Renaissance Literature, and, with Hillary Eklund, co-editor of Teaching Social Justice Through Shakespeare. She has published...
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