From Renaissance to Baroque continues in the fine tradition of the
highly respected critic, as Louis L. Martz addresses some of the
central concerns in current studies of English poetry from the 16th
and 17th centuries. ""From Renaissance to Baroque"" presents a
selection of 12 essays examining the poetry of Marlowe, Spenser,
Shakespeare, Donne, Herbert, Carew, Herrick, Marvell, Crashaw, and
Vaughan, along with a study of ""Vergil's ""Eclogues"" and an
exploration of the nature and function of pastoral poetry. As a
whole these essays develop two themes: the context of religious
controversy within which this poetry developed, and the
relationship of poetry to the visual arts, especially those of
Mannerism and the Baroque. In pursuing the latter theme the book
includes 40 illustrations, one in full colour, drawn from Leonardo,
Raphael, El Greco, Tintoretto, Vermeer, Bernini, Rubens, Rembrandt,
and others. Of special interest is the discussion, with eight
illustrations, of all the known portraits of John Donne. The final
essay, ""The Protestant Baroque"", published here for the first
time, presents the author's latest views on religious poetry and
art of the seventeenth century. This suite of essays reflects
Martz's breadth of understanding, as he reminds us that poetry is
still an art, not merely a reflection of political oppression or
coercion stuffed into meter and rhyme. The collection will be of
major importance to all students of Renaissance poetry, especially
those concerned with English religious poetry and with the
relationship between poetry and the visual arts.
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