This revisionary study of the origins of courtly poetry reveals the culture of spectatorship and voyeurism that shaped early Tudor English literary life. Through research into the reception of Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde, it demonstrates how Pandarus became the model of the early modern courtier. His blend of counsel, secrecy and eroticism informed the behaviour of poets, lovers, diplomats and even Henry VIII himself. In close readings of the poetry of Hawes and Skelton, the drama of the court, the letters of Henry VIII ...
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This revisionary study of the origins of courtly poetry reveals the culture of spectatorship and voyeurism that shaped early Tudor English literary life. Through research into the reception of Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde, it demonstrates how Pandarus became the model of the early modern courtier. His blend of counsel, secrecy and eroticism informed the behaviour of poets, lovers, diplomats and even Henry VIII himself. In close readings of the poetry of Hawes and Skelton, the drama of the court, the letters of Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn, the writings of Thomas Wyatt, and manuscript anthologies and early printed books, Seth Lerer illuminates a 'Pandaric' world of displayed bodies, surreptitious letters and transgressive performances. In the process, he redraws the boundaries between the medieval and the Renaissance and illustrates the centrality of the verse epistle to the construction of subjectivity.
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New. Trade paperback (US). 272 p. Cambridge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture . 7 Halftones, unspecified. Intended for professional and scholarly audience.
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New. Trade paperback (US). Contains: Halftones. Cambridge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture . 7 b/w illus. Intended for professional and scholarly audience.
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New. Trade paperback (US). Contains: Halftones. Cambridge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture . 7 b/w illus. Intended for professional and scholarly audience.
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Very Good. 1997. Hardcover. Cloth, dj. Octavo. xiv & 252 pp. Mild shelf wear to dust jacket otherwise protected by acetate cover. Previous owner's inscription to ffep. Altogether a copy in Very Good condition. Very Good. (Subject: Medieval, Literature English).
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Good with no dust jacket. 0521590019. Xiv, 252, [i] pp. Notes, index. In English with some early English. Original black cloth covers with silver gilt to the spine, some remains of library labels at bottom spine and front board, interior has normal library marks, otherwise clean and nice.; Cambridge Studies In Renaissance Literature And Culture; Ex-Library; Vol. 18; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 270 pages.
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Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 0521590019. Hardcover with dustjacket, book is in excellent condition, no remarkable flaws, jacket has rubbing to the glossy surface and no other flaws, a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, Cambridge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture 18, "This revisionary study of the origins of courtly poetry reveals the culture of spectatorship and voyeurism that shaped early Tudor English literary life";
