Architectonics of imitation in Spenser, Daniel, and Drayton

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"This study explores the treatment of the boundaries between poetry and history in three epic literary works: Spenser's Faerie Queene, Samuel Daniel's Civil Wars, and Michael Drayton's Poly-Olbion. David Galbraith argues that each of the three national poems enters into a dialogue with classical and more contemporary predecessors and that this relationship has profound implications for understanding the English Renaissance. He explores the importance for each poem of various aspects of the relationship between England and Rome and the significance of the recurring spatial metaphors by which the territories of poetry and history are constituted, negotiated, and traversed. By presenting historically and theoretically inflected readings of the poems, Galbraith gives new interpretation to important problems of allegory and poetic imitation."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: Appreciation,  English Epic poetry,  English Historical poetry,  English poetry,  History,  History and criticism,  Imitation in literature,  Latin Epic poetry,  Literature and history,  Renaissance,  Roman influences,  Thames river and valley,  Tiber river valley (italy),  Spenser, edmund , 1552?-1599,  Daniel, samuel , 1562-1619,  Drayton, michael , 1563-1631,  Literature and history--england,  Historical poetry, english--history and criticism,  Epic poetry, english--history and criticism,  English poetry--history and criticism,  English poetry--early modern, 1500-1700--history and criticism,  Epic poetry, latin--history and criticism,  Pr535.h5 g35 2000,  821/.03209358

People: Edmund Spenser (1552?-1599),  Michael Drayton (1563-1631),  Samuel Daniel (1562-1619)

Places: England

Times: 16th century,  17th century,  Early modern, 1500-1700