The country house in English Renaissance poetry / William A. McClung.

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McClung, William A.

Title & Author:

The country house in English Renaissance poetry / William A. McClung.

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Description:

192 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Origins of the Country-House Genre in the Myth of the Golden Age -- The Background of the Country-House Poem in England -- The Genre and Modern Historians -- The Contemporary Idealization of England -- The Hospitable Ideal and the Documents of Complaint -- The Ideal House -- The Verse Background -- Hall's Satire V, 2 -- The Architecture of the Country-House Poets -- The Traditional Manor and Its Plan -- Theobalds and Related Houses -- Bacon's Ideal House -- The Private Home -- Summary: The Tudor-Stuart Country House -- The Architecture of the Country-House Poets -- Jonson, Carew, and Herrick -- The Country Houses and Their Role: Architecture and Grounds -- The sponte sua Theme -- Good Housekeeping -- Praise of Patron and Host -- The Elevation of the Estate -- Marvell and Later Poets -- Solitude and Gardens -- "Upon the Hill and Grove at Bill-borow To the Lord Fairfax" -- "Appleton House": The Architecture and Gardens -- The Praise of a Patron -- The Elevation of the Estate -- Later Estate Poems: Cotton and Pope.

ISBN:

0520031377
9780520031371

Subject:

English poetry Early modern, 1500-1700 History and criticism.
Pastoral poetry, English History and criticism.
Country homes in literature.
Country life in literature.
Dwellings in literature.
Manors in literature.
Renaissance England.
Architecture, Domestic England.
Poésie anglaise 16e siècle Histoire et critique.
Maisons de campagne dans la littérature.
Architecture domestique Angleterre.
Vie rurale dans la littérature.
Habitations dans la littérature.
Renaissance Angleterre.
Poésie pastorale anglaise Histoire et critique.
Architecture, Domestic
English poetry Early modern
Pastoral poetry, English
Renaissance
England
English poetry History and criticism Early modern, 1500-1700
Geschichte 1500-1600

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Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 16455
Call No.: 2672; ID:87-B16169
Status: Available

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