Philip Sidney and the poetics of Renaissance cosmopolitanism

Philip Sidney and the poetics of Renaissance cosmopolitanism / Robert E. Stillman.

Author/creator	Stillman, Robert E., 1954-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2008.
Description	xvi, 266 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subject(s)	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.

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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2007037447
ISBN	0754663698 (alk. paper)
ISBN	9780754663690 (alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	PR 2343 .S78 2008	✔ Available	Place Hold