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Poetics of Inconstancy: Etienne Durand and the End of Renaissance Verse

Poetics of Inconstancy: Etienne Durand and the End of Renaissance Verse

Rogers, Hoyt

Paperback

Series: North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatu, Book 256

Literary CriticismPoetry CriticismGeneral Poetry

ISBN10: 0807892602
ISBN13: 9780807892602
Publisher: Univ Of North Carolina Pr
Published: Jan 1 1997
Pages: 242
Weight: 1.01
Height: 0.72 Width: 5.94 Depth: 9.12
Language: English
The transformation of Late Petrarchism from earlier stages reflects a profound shift in cultural values -- a 'crisis of the Renaissance' that generated new perspectives in poetic theory and practice. Broadly, this book identifies a distinctive 'poetics of inconstancy' that came to the fore at the end of the sixteenth century and pervaded the love verse of the age. At the same time, as a study based on the inductive method, the book takes as its point of departure a single poet: Etienne Durand. Because of his frequently anthologized 'Stances à l'Inconstance, ' Durand is often singled out as 'the poet of inconstancy.' This study, however, identifies the theme of universal change as a hallmark of Durand's contemporaries as well -- a signal of a stylistic revolution that heralded the end of Renaissance verse.

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