Wit of Seventeenth-Century Poetry FROM THE PUBLISHER
As the twelve original essays collected in this volume demonstrate, to study the wit of seventeenth-century poetry is necessarily to address concerns at the very heart of the period's shifting literary culture. It is a topic that raises persistent questions of thematics and authorial intent, even as it interrogates a wide spectrum of cultural practices. These essays by some of the most renowned scholars in seventeenth-century studies illuminate important authors and engage issues of politics and religion, of secular and sacred love, of literary theory and poetic technique, of gender relations and historical consciousness, of literary history and social change, as well as larger concerns of literary production and smaller ones of local effects.
FROM THE CRITICS
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Wit is a vital element of much 17th-century English poetry. These 12 original essays raise questions about wit in relation to thematics, authorial intent, and a variety of cultural practices, including its structure, its use by women, its frequent application in the discussion of circumcision, and its use in devotional poetry and in the writing of Donne, Jonson, Crashaw, Marvell, Dryden, George Herbert, Robert Herrick and Richard Lovelace. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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