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Guilty Creatures : Renaissance Poetry and the Ethics of Authorship

Renaissance Poetry and the Ethics of Authorship

By: Dennis Kezar Assistant Professor of English Vanderbilt University

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Guilty Creatures : Renaissance Poetry and the Ethics of Authorship

Renaissance Poetry and the Ethics of Authorship

By: Dennis Kezar Assistant Professor of English Vanderbilt University

In this innovative and learned study, Dennis Kezar examines how Renaissance poets conceive the theme of killing as a specifically representational and interpretive form of violence. Closely reading both major poets and lesser known authors of the early modern period, Kezar explores the ethical self-consciousness and accountability that attend literary killing, paying particular attention to the ways in which this reflection indicates the poet's understanding of his audience. Among the many poems through which Kezar explores the concept of authorial guilt elicited by violent representation are Skelton's Phyllyp Sparowe, Spenser's Faerie Queene, Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, the multi-authored Witch of Edmonton, and Milton's Samson Agonistes.

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Guilty Creatures : Renaissance Poetry and the Ethics of Authorship

Renaissance Poetry and the Ethics of Authorship

By: Dennis Kezar Assistant Professor of English Vanderbilt University

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Guilty Creatures : Renaissance Poetry and the Ethics of Authorship

Renaissance Poetry and the Ethics of Authorship

By: Dennis Kezar Assistant Professor of English Vanderbilt University

In this innovative and learned study, Dennis Kezar examines how Renaissance poets conceive the theme of killing as a specifically representational and interpretive form of violence. Closely reading both major poets and lesser known authors of the early modern period, Kezar explores the ethical self-consciousness and accountability that attend literary killing, paying particular attention to the ways in which this reflection indicates the poet's understanding of his audience. Among the many poems through which Kezar explores the concept of authorial guilt elicited by violent representation are Skelton's Phyllyp Sparowe, Spenser's Faerie Queene, Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, the multi-authored Witch of Edmonton, and Milton's Samson Agonistes.

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282

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Oxford University Press, USA

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ISBN 10

0195349520

ISBN 13

9780195349528