The Reinvention of Love

Klappentext How cultural and political change transformed the way poets thought and wrote about love. Zusammenfassung Through detailed examination of connections between material circumstances! perceptions! and ideals! and through close reading of the work of Sidney! Donne! Herbert! Crashaw! Carew! and Milton! Anthony Low argues that cultural! economic! and political change transformed the way poets thought and wrote about love. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introduction; 1. Sir Philip Sidney: 'Huge desyre'; 2. John Donne: 'Defects of lonelinesse'; 3. John Donne: 'The Holy Ghost is amorous in his metaphors'; 4. George Herbert: 'The best love'; 5. Richard Crashaw: 'Love's delicious fire'; 6. Thomas Carew: 'Fresh invention'; 7. John Milton: 'Because we freely love'; 8. John Milton: 'Haile wedded love'; Conclusion.

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How cultural and political change transformed the way poets thought and wrote about love.

Résumé
Through detailed examination of connections between material circumstances, perceptions, and ideals, and through close reading of the work of Sidney, Donne, Herbert, Crashaw, Carew, and Milton, Anthony Low argues that cultural, economic, and political change transformed the way poets thought and wrote about love.

Contenu
Preface; Introduction; 1. Sir Philip Sidney: 'Huge desyre'; 2. John Donne: 'Defects of lonelinesse'; 3. John Donne: 'The Holy Ghost is amorous in his metaphors'; 4. George Herbert: 'The best love'; 5. Richard Crashaw: 'Love's delicious fire'; 6. Thomas Carew: 'Fresh invention'; 7. John Milton: 'Because we freely love'; 8. John Milton: 'Haile wedded love'; Conclusion.