Research Catalog

Title

Feigned commonwealths : the country-house poem and the fashioning of the ideal community / Hugh Jenkins.

Author

Jenkins, Hugh, 1958-

Publication

Pittsburgh, Pa. : Duquesne University Press, c1998.

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Details

Description

xi, 265 p.; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Medieval & Renaissance literary studies

Uniform Title

Medieval and Renaissance literary studies.

Subjects

• Politics and literature > Great Britain > History > 17th century
• Literature and society > Great Britain > History
• State, The, in literature
• English poetry > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism
• Community life in literature
• Social values in literature
• Aristocracy (Social class) in literature
• Politics and literature > Great Britain > History > 18th century
• Country homes in literature
• English poetry > 18th century > History and criticism

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-258) and index.

Contents

Acknowledgments -- "That he which can faine a common-wealth": fashioning the ideal community -- From common wealth to commonwealth: the alchemy of "to Penshurst" -- The cavalier country house -- Puritan revisions: Milton's Comus and Marvell's "Upon Appleton house" -- Petitions for absolute retreat: genre and gender in the country-house poems of Aemilia Lanyer and Ann Finch -- Building the colonial country house: Robinson Crusoe -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Call Number

JFE 99-663

ISBN

0820702927 (acid-free paper)

LCCN

98025311

OCLC

39195440

Author

Jenkins, Hugh, 1958-

Title

Feigned commonwealths : the country-house poem and the fashioning of the ideal community / Hugh Jenkins.

Imprint

Pittsburgh, Pa. : Duquesne University Press, c1998.

Series

Medieval & Renaissance literary studies

Medieval and Renaissance literary studies.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-258) and index.

Research Call Number

JFE 99-663