The Poetry of Praise

ISBN-13: 9780521886932 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 206 str.

J. A. Burrow

Opis

Examines the flourishing and subsequent decline of praise poetry as a genre from Antiquity to the present.

Recenzje

"Burrow, a leading expert in medieval English literature, has written yet another cogent, instructive study...The opening chapter is masterful...Summing up: Recommended."
- L. Kaufman, Choice

Spis treści

Preface; Introduction: from Pindar to Pound; 1. The poetics of praise; 2. Old English, especially Beowulf; 3. Middle English; 4. Geoffrey Chaucer; 5. The decline of praise: two modern instances; 6. Praise and its purposes; Bibliography; Index.