To Shakespeare, Spenser, Marlowe, and other Elizabethans, the minor
epic was an important medium for poetic experimentation, but today,
too often separated from the culture that bore it, it is not well
understood. This author examines the form of the minor epic and its
place in Elizabethan literary culture. Particularly, he explores
the concept of metamorphosis as it shapes the minor epic at every
level; in its subject matter, narrative technique, imagery,
reworking of traditional materials, mixing of literary genres, and
power to transform the poet. Combining close reading with literary
theory, Professor Hulse approaches the minor epic as a mixed genre,
exploring the idea of genre itself as well as the particular genres
that contributed to the minor epics, including the sonnet, satire,
Ovidian epic, pastoral, and primeval poetry. He also discusses
wider issues, such as poetic inspiration, fictionality, and the
nature of literary history; and takes up painting and
historiography to show how they use the same narrative materials in
different ways and to different ends. In the process he redefines
Elizabethan literature as a fluid system, characterized by
multiplicity of form and style and the poet's search for growth.
Clark Hulse is Associate Professor of English at the University of
Illinois at Chicago Circle. Originally published in 1982. 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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