Chiastic Designs in English Literature from Sidney to Shakespeare
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0754666360
ISBN-13
9780754666363
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 18th, 2009
Print length
166 Pages
Weight
453 grams
Product Classification:
Literary studies: general
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Paying attention to Sidney's Arcadia, Spenser's Faerie Queene, and Shakespeare's romances, this study examines chiasmus in early modern English literature. This book also offers fresh interpretations of seemingly shopworn conventions such as memento mori conceits, echo poems, and the staging of deus ex machina.
Paying special attention to Sidney''s Arcadia, Spenser''s Faerie Queene, and Shakespeare''s romances, this study engages in sustained examination of chiasmus in early modern English literature. The author''s approach leads to the recovery of hidden designs which are shown to animate important works of literature; along the way Engel offers fresh and more comprehensive interpretations of seemingly shopworn conventions such as memento mori conceits, echo poems, and the staging of deus ex machina. The study, grounded in the philosophy of symbolic forms (following Ernst Cassirer), will be a valuable resource for readers interested in intellectual history and symbol theory, classical mythology and Renaissance iconography. Chiastic Designs affords a glimpse into the transformative power of allegory during the English Renaissance by addressing patterns that were part and parcel of early modern "mnemonic culture."
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