Petrarchism at work : contextual economies in the age of Shakespeare /

Petrarchism at work : contextual economies in the age of Shakespeare /

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Author / Creator:	Kennedy, William J. (William John), 1942- author.
Imprint:	Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, 2016. ©2016
Description:	x, 333 pages ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Petrarca, Francesco, -- 1304-1374 -- Influence. Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616. Petrarca, Francesco, -- 1304-1374. Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616. European literature -- Renaissance, 1450-1600 -- History and criticism. European literature -- Renaissance, 1450-1600 -- Economic aspects. European literature -- Renaissance. Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10559345

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ISBN:	9781501700019 1501700014
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"This book will focus on competing claims about quicksilver eloquence, vatic inspiration, and hermeneutic skills among Renaissance poets, and upon choices that they made for their writing, their literary careers, and the professionalization of their craft. Its ground is the intersection of aesthetics and economics in European Renaissance poetry, and its principal actors are Francesco Petrarch, Gaspara Stampa, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Pierre de Ronsard and William Shakespeare"--Introduction.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
A Note on References
Introduction: The Marketplace of Mercury
Part 1. Petrarch and Italian Poetry
1. Petrarch as Homo Economicus
2. Making Petrarch Matter: The Parts and Labor of Textual Revision
3. Jeweler's Daughter Sings for Doge: Gaspara Stampa's Entrepreneurial Poetics
4. Incommensurate Gifts: Michelangelo and the Economy of Revision
Part 2. Pierre De Ronsard and Pléiade Aesthetics
1. Polished to Perfection: Ronsard's Investment in Les Amours
2. Ronsard Furieux: Interest in Ariosto
3. Passions and Privations: Writing Sonnets like a Pro in Les Amours de Marie
4. The Smirched Muse: Commercializing Sonnets pour Helene
Part 3. Shakespeare's Sonnets and the Economy of Petrarchan Aesthetics
1. To Possess Is Not to Own: The Cost of the Dark Lady and the Young Man
2. Polish and Skill: Will's Interest and Self-Interest in Sonnets 61-99
3. Owning Up to Furor: The "Poets' War" and Its Aftermath in Sonnets 100-126
4. Shakespeare as Professional: The Economy of Revision in Sonnets 1-60
Conclusion: Mercurial Economies
Works Cited as Primary Texts
Index