early modern national sentiment in Italy, France, and England /
First Statement of Responsibility
William J. Kennedy
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xi, 383 pages ;
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24 cm
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Parallax
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-372) and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction: Fore sites -- Petrarch as commentator: the search for Italy -- Petrarchan totems and political taboos -- Amor and Patria: citing Petrarch in Florence and Naples -- Du Bellay and the language of empire: the Deffence et illustration -- Totems for defense: du Bellay and Marot -- Illustrations of taboo: du Bellay, Héroët, Saint-Gelais, Scève -- Mon semblable, mon frère: du Bellay and Ronsard -- Courtly and anti-courtly Sidneian identities -- Family narratives: the transitional space of Petrarchism -- An apology for uncles: Philip Sidney's Defence of poetry -- Prosthetic Gods: the liberties of Astrophil and Pamphilia -- Byblis and the Bible: incest, endogamy, and Mary Wroth -- Conclusion: Far sites, father sites, farther sites
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"Drawing upon poststructuralist theories of nationalism and national identity developed by such writers as Etienne Balibar, Emmanuel Levinas, Julia Kristeva. Antonio Negri, and Slavoj Zizek, Renaissance scholar William J. Kennedy argues that the Perrarchan sonnet serves as a site for early modern expressions of national sentiment in Italy, France, England, Spain, and Germany. Kennedy pursues this argument through historical research into Renaissance commentaries on Petrarch's poetry and critical studies of such poets as Lorenzo de' Medici. Joachim Du Bellay and the Plerade brigade, Philip and Mary Sidney, and Mary Wroth."
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"Treating the subject of early modern national expression from a broad comparative perspective, The Site of Petrarchism will be of interest to scholars of late medieval and early modern literature in Europe, historians of culture, and critical theorists."--Jacket