Spenser and Donne: Thinking Poets

Hardback

Main Details

Title Spenser and Donne: Thinking Poets
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Yulia Ryzhik
SeriesThe Manchester Spenser
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:248
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
Category/GenreLiterary studies - c 1500 to c 1800
Literary studies - poetry and poets
ISBN/Barcode 9781526117359
ClassificationsDewey:821.3
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Manchester University Press
Imprint Manchester University Press
Publication Date 30 September 2019
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

The names Edmund Spenser and John Donne are typically associated with different ages in English poetry, the former with the sixteenth century and the Elizabethan Golden Age, the latter with the 'metaphysical' poets of the seventeenth century. This collection of essays, part of The Manchester Spenser series, brings together leading Spenser and Donne scholars to challenge this dichotomous view and to engage critically with both poets, not only at the sites of direct allusion, imitation, or parody, but also in terms of common preoccupations and continuities of thought, informed by the literary and historical contexts of the politically and intellectually turbulent turn of the century. Juxtaposing these two poets, so apparently unlike one another, for comparison rather than contrast changes our understanding of each poet individually and moves towards a more holistic, relational view of their poetics. -- .

Author Biography

Yulia Ryzhik is Assistant Professor of English (CLTA) at the University of Toronto, Scarborough -- .