Abstract
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Petrarch in Britain |
| Subtitle of host publication | Interpreters, Imitators and Translators over 700 Years |
| Editors | Martin L. McLaughlin, Peter Hainsworth, Letizia Panizza |
| Place of Publication | Oxford, UK |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 243-257 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780191734649 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780197264133 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Nov 2007 |
Publication series
| Name | Proceedings of the British Academy |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Volume | 146 |
| ISSN (Print) | 0068-1202 |
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Sidney, Spenser and Political Petrarchism. / Pugh, Syrithe.
Petrarch in Britain: Interpreters, Imitators and Translators over 700 Years. ed. / Martin L. McLaughlin; Peter Hainsworth; Letizia Panizza. Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press, 2007. p. 243-257 (Proceedings of the British Academy; Vol. 146).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)
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T1 - Sidney, Spenser and Political Petrarchism
AU - Pugh, Syrithe
PY - 2007/11
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N2 - This chapter examines traces of Petrarchism in English poets Edmund Spenser and Sir Philip Sydney. It argues that the engagements of both poets with Petrarchism are more serious, and indeed more political, than traditional readings have implied. It explains that these two poets share Petrarch's condemnation of desire but do not display their contemptus mundi. It also discusses Spenser's recognition of the Petrarch's authority as a model for creating a sense of nationhood in thrall to a monarch and his use of this model to create a counter-national poetry whose authority is independent of political power.
AB - This chapter examines traces of Petrarchism in English poets Edmund Spenser and Sir Philip Sydney. It argues that the engagements of both poets with Petrarchism are more serious, and indeed more political, than traditional readings have implied. It explains that these two poets share Petrarch's condemnation of desire but do not display their contemptus mundi. It also discusses Spenser's recognition of the Petrarch's authority as a model for creating a sense of nationhood in thrall to a monarch and his use of this model to create a counter-national poetry whose authority is independent of political power.
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DO - 10.5871/bacad/9780197264133.001.0001
M3 - Chapter (peer-reviewed)
SN - 9780197264133
T3 - Proceedings of the British Academy
SP - 243
EP - 257
BT - Petrarch in Britain
A2 - McLaughlin, Martin L.
A2 - Peter Hainsworth, null
A2 - Letizia Panizza, null
PB - Oxford University Press
CY - Oxford, UK
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