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- catalog abstract "This study explores the manner in which English Renaissance poets invented a poetic genealogy. The title comes from Franciscus Junius, who in 1638 used the term "conceived presence" to describe the ancient masters whose paintings had been lost but who nonetheless remained important forebears of the tradition of visual art. Raphael Falco applies the notion of "conceived presences" to late sixteenth-century poets intent on establishing a national literature. They too conceived the presence of their forebears, both ancient and modern. As Falco demonstrates, Elizabethan and Jacobean poets saw Philip Sidney as their most important modern precursor and placed him at the root of their family tree. The book's introduction examines the use of heraldic and genealogical rhetoric in relation to theories of the origins of poetry. Subsequent chapters provide close studies of Sidney, Edmund Spenser, Ben Jonson, and John Milton. Falco demonstrates a thorough knowledge of the most recent Renaissance criticism, both historicist and linguistic. His book reveals a promising synthesis of critical approaches, a New Humanism in which theoretical perspectives and philological research combine to shed light on the aesthetic ambitions of English Renaissance poets.".
- catalog contributor b6523250.
- catalog created "c1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "c1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
- catalog description "1. Instant Artifacts: Vernacular Elegies for Philip Sidney -- 2. Rhymes to Please the Dead: Spenser's "Astrophel" -- 3. "A Fire Now, That Lent a Shade": Ben Jonson's Conversion of the Sidney Legacy and His Crowning of Shakespeare -- 4. Repudiated Trees: Genealogy and Election in John Milton.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "The book's introduction examines the use of heraldic and genealogical rhetoric in relation to theories of the origins of poetry. Subsequent chapters provide close studies of Sidney, Edmund Spenser, Ben Jonson, and John Milton. Falco demonstrates a thorough knowledge of the most recent Renaissance criticism, both historicist and linguistic. His book reveals a promising synthesis of critical approaches, a New Humanism in which theoretical perspectives and philological research combine to shed light on the aesthetic ambitions of English Renaissance poets.".
- catalog description "This study explores the manner in which English Renaissance poets invented a poetic genealogy. The title comes from Franciscus Junius, who in 1638 used the term "conceived presence" to describe the ancient masters whose paintings had been lost but who nonetheless remained important forebears of the tradition of visual art. Raphael Falco applies the notion of "conceived presences" to late sixteenth-century poets intent on establishing a national literature. They too conceived the presence of their forebears, both ancient and modern. As Falco demonstrates, Elizabethan and Jacobean poets saw Philip Sidney as their most important modern precursor and placed him at the root of their family tree.".
- catalog extent "xii, 235 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Conceived presences.".
- catalog isFormatOf "Conceived presences.".
- catalog isPartOf "Massachusetts studies in early modern culture".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "c1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press,".
- catalog relation "Conceived presences.".
- catalog spatial "England".
- catalog spatial "England.".
- catalog subject "821/.309 20".
- catalog subject "Authority in literature.".
- catalog subject "English poetry Early modern, 1500-1700 History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)".
- catalog subject "Nationalism and literature England History 16th century.".
- catalog subject "Nationalism and literature England History 17th century.".
- catalog subject "PR545.N27 F35 1994".
- catalog subject "Renaissance England.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Instant Artifacts: Vernacular Elegies for Philip Sidney -- 2. Rhymes to Please the Dead: Spenser's "Astrophel" -- 3. "A Fire Now, That Lent a Shade": Ben Jonson's Conversion of the Sidney Legacy and His Crowning of Shakespeare -- 4. Repudiated Trees: Genealogy and Election in John Milton.".
- catalog title "Conceived presences : literary genealogy in Renaissance England / Raphael Falco.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".