Digressive voices in early modern English literature /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
Anne Cotterill.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Oxford University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2004.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (viii, 341 pages)
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-334) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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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MIL
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075915
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Title
Digressive voices in early modern English literature.
International Standard Book Number
0199261172
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Ambiguity in literature.
Ambivalence in literature.
Anxiety in literature.
Digression (Rhetoric) in literature.
English literature-- Early modern, 1500-1700-- History and criticism.