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The War Against Poetry / Russell A. Fraser.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Princeton Legacy Library ; 1785Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©1971Description: 1 online resource (226 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780691620794
  • 9781400869039
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 821.3
LOC classification:
  • PR421 -- F737 1970eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- I. The Husk and the Kernel -- II. The Naked Truth -- III. The Thief of Time -- IV. The Day of Darkness and the Gospel of Gain -- V. The Noumenal World and the Torrent of Change -- VI. Politics and Poetry -- VII. The Tie that Binds -- Works Consulted -- Index
Summary: The attack on poetry and the theater which occurred in England during the 16th and 17th centuries has been the subject of numerous scholarly investigations. This "war against poetry" was, in Professor Fraser's view, part of a larger cultural movement: the disengagement of the modern world from its medieval antecedents.Originally published in 1971.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781400869039

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- I. The Husk and the Kernel -- II. The Naked Truth -- III. The Thief of Time -- IV. The Day of Darkness and the Gospel of Gain -- V. The Noumenal World and the Torrent of Change -- VI. Politics and Poetry -- VII. The Tie that Binds -- Works Consulted -- Index

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The attack on poetry and the theater which occurred in England during the 16th and 17th centuries has been the subject of numerous scholarly investigations. This "war against poetry" was, in Professor Fraser's view, part of a larger cultural movement: the disengagement of the modern world from its medieval antecedents.Originally published in 1971.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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