Digressive voices in early modern English literature /
[Book]
Anne Cotterill.
New York :
Oxford University Press,
2004.
1 online resource (viii, 341 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-334) and index.
The 'Motion in corruption' of Donne's Anniversaries -- Marvell's watery maze at Nun Appleton -- 'Lights framed like nets' in Sir Thomas Browne's garden -- Eve's 'Grateful digressions' and the birth of reflection -- Feminine disguise in the Hind and the panther -- The obscure progress of satire in Dryden's late preface -- Epilogue: wandered too far? Swift's monstrous voice.
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To digress in 17th-century England carried a range of meaning. This book demonstrates that early modern writers trained in verbal contest developed labyrinthine voices that captured the ambiguities of political occasion and aristocratic patronage, anatomizing enemies and mourning personal loss.
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Digressive voices in early modern English literature.
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Ambiguity in literature.
Ambivalence in literature.
Anxiety in literature.
Digression (Rhetoric) in literature.
English literature-- Early modern, 1500-1700-- History and criticism.