Skip to main content alibris logo

The Poetics of Ruins in Renaissance Literature

by

Write The First Customer Review
The Poetics of Ruins in Renaissance Literature - Hui, Andrew
Filter Results
Item Condition
Seller Rating
Other Options
Change Currency

The book argues that the Renaissance was the Ruin-naissance, the birth of the ruin as category of discourse that inspired voluminous poetic production. By examining Petrarch, Du Bellay, the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, Spenser, and Shakespeare, Hui explains how writers used the ruin to think about their relationship to classical antiquity.

loading
The Poetics of Ruins in Renaissance Literature 2017, Modern Language Initiative, New York

ISBN-13: 9780823273355

Hardcover

The Poetics of Ruins in Renaissance Literature 2017, Modern Language Initiative, New York

ISBN-13: 9780823274314

Trade paperback