The Poetics of Inconstancy Etienne Durand and the End of Renaissance Verse |
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| Author:
| Rogers, Hoyt |
| Series title: | North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatures Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8078-9260-2 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1997 |
| Publisher: | University of North Carolina Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $43.00 |
Book Description:
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The transformation of Late Petrarchism from earlier stages reflects a profound shift in cultural values - a "crisis of the Renaissance" that generated new perspectives in poetic theory and practice. Broadly, this book identifies a distinctive "poetics of inconstancy" that came to the fore at the end of the sixteenth century and pervaded the love verse of the age.
The transformation of Late Petrarchism from earlier stages reflects a profound shift in cultural values - a "crisis of the Renaissance" that generated new perspectives in poetic theory and practice. Broadly, this book identifies a distinctive "poetics of inconstancy" that came to the fore at the end of the sixteenth century and pervaded the love verse of the age.