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Shakespeare and the truth of love : the mystery of "The phoenix and turtle"
- Title
- Shakespeare and the truth of love : the mystery of "The phoenix and turtle" / James P. Bednarz.
- Author
- Bednarz, James P.
- Publication
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | PR2873.P53 B43 2012 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- x, 251 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
- Summary
- In 1601, at the height of his career, Shakespeare wrote a 67-line untitled elegy-now frequently known as 'The Phoenix and Turtle'-for inclusion, along with verse by Ben Jonson, John Marston, and George Chapmen, in a collection called Diverse Poetical Essays. Readers familiar only with the core of Shakespeare's most popular work might be surprised to learn that since the end of the nineteenth century, this extraordinary lyric has regularly been regarded, from Ralph Waldo Emerson to Frank Kermode, as one of the most highly prized works in the canon. None of Shakespeare's masterpieces has been more enthusiastically celebrated while remaining almost entirely unappreciated by general readers. It is a neglected treasure poised for rediscovery. This book was written to encourage a larger audiences to consider a fascinating but relatively unexplored side of Shakespeare's art at its most riddling, erudite, and difficult. Book jacket.
- Series Statement
- Palgrave Shakespeare studies
- Uniform Title
- Palgrave Shakespeare studies
- Alternative Title
- Mystery of "The phoenix and turtle"
- Phoenix and turtle
- Phoenix and the turtle
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-236) and index.
- Contents
- The mystery of 'The phoenix and turtle' -- Eliminating Essex: Richard II and the Diverse poetical essays -- Literary politics: the publication of Love's martyr -- Incorporate selves: Shakespeare's mythmaking -- Shakespeare's poetic theology -- Metaphysical wit from Shakespeare to Donne -- Epilogue: 'If what parts, can so remaine' -- Appendix: Diverse poetical essays.
- ISBN
- 9780230319400
- 0230319408
- 9780230393325
- 0230393322
- LCCN
- 2011500593
- OCLC
- ocn768167279
- 768167279
- SCSB-14690884
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library