Squitter-wits and Muse-haters: Sidney, Spenser, Milton, and Renaissance Antipoetic Sentiment

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Wayne State University Press, 1996 - History - 284 pages
This 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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Contents

When Is a Defense Not a Defense? Sidneys Paradoxical
61
Poetry Politics and Masculinity
95
4
105
Spensers
123
5
145
6
161
Miltons Early Poetry and
173
Conclusion
207
Works Cited
259
Index
279
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