Impossible desire and the limits of knowledge in Renaissance poetry
Wendy Beth Hyman examines the limits of embodiment, knowledge and representation in the erotic carpe diem poem in early modern England. These macabre seductions focused on the lovers' anticipated decline, investigated the nature of matter, time and poetic representation and became a vehicle for...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2019, 2019
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| Edition: | First edition |
| Series: | Oxford scholarship online / Oxford scholarship online
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Wendy Beth Hyman examines the limits of embodiment, knowledge and representation in the erotic carpe diem poem in early modern England. These macabre seductions focused on the lovers' anticipated decline, investigated the nature of matter, time and poetic representation and became a vehicle for articulating religious doubt |
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| Item Description: | Previously issued in print: 2019 |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 9780191874154 |