| Courtly Letters in the Age of Henry VIII: Literary Culture and the Arts of Deceit Revised Edition Contributor(s): Lerer, Seth (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521035279 ISBN-13: 9780521035279 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $56.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2006 Annotation: This revisionary study of the origins of courtly literature reveals the culture of spectatorship and voyeurism that shaped early Tudor English literary life. Through new research into the reception of Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde, it demonstrates how Pandarus became the model of the early modern courtier. In close readings of early Tudor poetry, court drama, letters, manuscript anthologies and printed books, Seth Lerer illuminates a "Pandaric" world of displayed bodies, surreptitious letters, and transgressive performances. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | Eastern European (see Also Russian & Former Soviet Union) |
| Dewey: 820.900 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.61" H x 6" W x 9" (0.89 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This revisionary study of the origins of courtly literature reveals the culture of spectatorship and voyeurism that shaped early Tudor English literary life. Through new research into the reception of Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde, it demonstrates how Pandarus became the model of the early modern courtier. In close readings of early Tudor poetry, court drama, letters, manuscript anthologies and printed books, Seth Lerer illuminates a Pandaric world of displayed bodies, surreptitious letters, and transgressive performances. |