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'Ungainefull Arte' - Poetry, Patronage, and Print in the Early Modern Era (Hardcover)
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'Ungainefull Arte' - Poetry, Patronage, and Print in the Early Modern Era (Hardcover)
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From antiquity to the Renaissance the pursuit of patronage was
central to the literary career, yet relationships between poets and
patrons were commonly conflicted, if not antagonistic,
necessitating compromise even as they proffered stability and
status. Was it just a matter of speaking lies to power? The present
study looks beyond the rhetoric of dedication to examine how
traditional modes of literary patronage responded to the challenge
of print, as the economies of gift-exchange were forced to compete
with those of the marketplace. It demonstrates how awareness of
such divergent milieux prompted innovative modes of authorial
self-representation, inspired or frustrated the desire for
laureation, and promoted the remarkable self-reflexivity of Early
Modern verse. By setting English Literature from Caxton to Jonson
in the context of the most influential Classical and Italian
exemplars it affords a wide comparative context for the
reassessment of patronage both as a social practice and a literary
theme.
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