| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 304 pages) |
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Back to Burckhardt (plus the reformations) -- In defense of passion and the body -- Against the rule of reason: praise of passion from Petrarch to Luther to Shakespeare to Herbert -- Against judgment: Petrarch and Shakespeare at sonnets -- Against morality: from Richard III to Antony and Cleopatra -- Appendix 1: Shakespearean seduction -- Appendix 2: morality and the happy infant: the case of Macbeth -- In defense of worldliness -- Sanctifying the bourgeoisie: the cultural work of the comedy of errors -- Appendix: sanctifying the aristocracy: from Ignatius Loyola to François de Sales (and then to Donne and Herbert) -- In defense of pride -- Self-revelation and self-satisfaction in Montaigne and Descartes -- Milton against humility -- Appendix: "lordly command?" |
| Summary |
Who during the Renaissance could have dissented from the values of reason and restraint, patience and humility, rejection of the worldly and the physical? These widely articulated values were part of the inherited Christian tradition and were reinforced by key elements in the Renaissance, especially the revival of Stoicism and Platonism. This book is devoted to those who did dissent from them. Richard Strier reveals that many long-recognized major texts did question the most traditional values and uncovers a Renaissance far more bumptious and affirmative than much recent scholarship has a |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374 fast |
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 fast |
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Milton, John 1608-1674 gnd |
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Petrarca, Francesco 1304-1374 gnd |
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Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 gnd |
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European literature -- Renaissance, 1450-1600 -- History and criticism
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English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
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English literature -- Early modern
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European literature -- Renaissance
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Literatur
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Renaissance
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780226777535 |
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0226777537 |
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1283311356 |
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9781283311359 |
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