The English Baroque in Early Modern Literature (Edinburgh Critical Studies in Renaissance Culture)

Vincent, Robert Hudson

Edinburgh University Press（2026/08発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 240 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781399534451
• DDC分類 820.9004

Full Description

While the baroque remains a foundational concept for other European literary and aesthetic traditions, scholars have largely elided the word from British literary history. Instead of baroque, these critics prefer to use terms like metaphysical, Stuart, and Laudian—terms that emphasise England's primacy rather than its relations with the world. In response to these Anglocentric approaches, The English Baroque in Early Modern Literature shows how the baroque offers a better way to appreciate the importance of transnational and multilingual relations to the development of English letters.

Contents

List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Series Editors' Preface

Introduction: The Baroque in English
1. Logic: The Concept of the Baroque
2. Nature: The Baroque Image of the World
3. Translation: Baroque Style and the Limits of Imitation
4. Passion: Baroque Devotion and the Poetics of Ecstasy
5. Sublime: The Baroque Masque and the Politics of Seduction
Coda: Excess

Bibliography
Index