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Poetry in a world of things : aesthetics and empiricism in Renaissance ekphrasis /

We have become used to looking at art from a stance of detachment. In order to be objective, we create a 'mental space' between ourselves and the objects of our investigation, separating internal and external worlds. This detachment dates back to the early modern period, when researchers i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Eisendrath, Rachel (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Spenser, Edmund, > 1552?-1599. > Faerie queene. > Book 3.
Marlowe, Christopher, > 1564-1593. > Hero and Leander.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616. > Rape of Lucrece.
Petrarca, Francesco, > 1304-1374 > Criticism and interpretation.
European poetry > Renaissance, 1450-1600 > History and criticism.
Poetry, Modern > 15th and 16th centuries > History and criticism.
Ekphrasis.

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