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The Poetics of Ruins in Renaissance Literature
Andrew Hui
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Description for The Poetics of Ruins in Renaissance Literature
Hardback. The book argues that the Renaissance was the Ruin-naissance, the birth of the ruin as category of discourse that inspired voluminous poetic production. By examining Petrarch, Du Bellay, the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, Spenser, and Shakespeare, Hui explains how writers used the ruin to think about their relationship to classical antiquity. Series: Verbal Arts: Studies in Poetics. Num Pages: 296 pages, 8 color, 14 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 18. Weight in Grams: 544.
The Renaissance was the Ruin-naissance, the birth of the ruin as a distinct category of cultural discourse, one that inspired voluminous poetic production. For humanists, the ruin became the material sign that marked the rupture between themselves and classical antiquity. In the first full-length book to document this cultural phenomenon, Andrew Hui explains how the invention of the ruin propelled poets into creating works that were self-aware of their absorption of the past as well as their own survival in the future.
The Renaissance was the Ruin-naissance, the birth of the ruin as a distinct category of cultural discourse, one that inspired voluminous poetic production. For humanists, the ruin became the material sign that marked the rupture between themselves and classical antiquity. In the first full-length book to document this cultural phenomenon, Andrew Hui explains how the invention of the ruin propelled poets into creating works that were self-aware of their absorption of the past as well as their own survival in the future.
Product Details
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Verbal Arts: Studies in Poetics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780823273355
SKU
V9780823273355
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About Andrew Hui
Andrew Hui is Assistant Professor of Humanities at Yale-NUS College, Singapore.
Reviews for The Poetics of Ruins in Renaissance Literature
This is a deeply learned and beautiful book.
SEL: Studies in English Literature 1500-1900
The value of Hui's study is that it treats the core driving forces of European Renaissance poetry as a cohesive phenomenon... Given the immense erudition that this young author displays in his first book, coupled with the enthusiasm patent in his vibrant style, in ... Read more
SEL: Studies in English Literature 1500-1900
The value of Hui's study is that it treats the core driving forces of European Renaissance poetry as a cohesive phenomenon... Given the immense erudition that this young author displays in his first book, coupled with the enthusiasm patent in his vibrant style, in ... Read more