Robert Southwell

Informationen zum Autor Anne R. Sweeney taught English at Lancaster University. Her interests included renaissance art and literature and writing poetry. Klappentext Robert Southwell's poetic view of Spenser's, Signey's and Shakespeare's England is a cold one. This book close reads and contextualises his lighter lyric poetry and its connections to English recusant culture from the music of Willian Bryd to the coded embroideries of Mary Queen of Scots. Zusammenfassung Robert Southwellâ™s poetic view of Spenserâ™s, Signeyâ™s and Shakespeareâ™s England is a cold one. This book close reads and contextualises his lighter lyric poetry and its connections to English recusant culture from the music of Willian Bryd to the coded embroideries of Mary Queen of Scots. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Ben Jonson's admiration for Southwell's 'Burning Babe'1. Rome: the discernment of angels 2. The 'Spiritual Exercises': the 'inward eie' 3. Hidden ways and secret veins: into England 4. I. 'Joseph's Amazement': England's altered confidence 4. II. Magdalen and the passionate imagination 5. Snow in Arcadia: rewriting the English lyric landscape 6. Southwell's war of words 7. The 'performing Word': Southwell's sacralised poetic 8. Conclusion

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Robert Southwell's poetic view of Spenser's, Signey's and Shakespeare's England is a cold one. This book close reads and contextualises his lighter lyric poetry and its connections to English recusant culture from the music of Willian Bryd to the coded embroideries of Mary Queen of Scots.

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Robert Southwellâ™s poetic view of Spenserâ™s, Signeyâ™s and Shakespeareâ™s England is a cold one. This book close reads and contextualises his lighter lyric poetry and its connections to English recusant culture from the music of Willian Bryd to the coded embroideries of Mary Queen of Scots. -- .

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Introduction: Ben Jonson's admiration for Southwell's 'Burning Babe' 1. Rome: the discernment of angels 2. The 'Spiritual Exercises': the 'inward eie' 3. Hidden ways and secret veins: into England 4. I. 'Joseph's Amazement': England's altered confidence 4. II. Magdalen and the passionate imagination 5. Snow in Arcadia: rewriting the English lyric landscape 6. Southwell's war of words 7. The 'performing Word': Southwell's sacralised poetic 8. Conclusion