Squitter-wits and Muse-haters: Sidney, Spenser, Milton, and Renaissance Antipoetic SentimentThis study offers an approach toward Renaissance literary production, demonstrating that antipoetic sentiment, previously dismissed as an unimportant aspect of Tudor-Stuart literary culture, constituted a significant shaping presence in Sidney, Spenser and Milton. |
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| Title | Squitter-wits and Muse-haters: Sidney, Spenser, Milton, and Renaissance Antipoetic Sentiment |
| Author | Peter C. Herman |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Wayne State University Press, 1996 |
| ISBN | 0814325718, 9780814325711 |
| Length | 284 pages |
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