Edith sister mary (7 Ergebnisse)

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Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. 285 pages.

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Hardcover. Zustand: Gut. 285 p. Good copy, clean. - - Chapter I. - - INTRODUCTION: THOMAS MORE, A NEGLECTED TUDOR POET - - The subject matter of the twelve English poems - Method of analysis used - More's theory of poetry - Norms of medieval rhetoric apparent in the poems Humanistic and Renaissance overtones. - - Chapter II. - - A HUMOROUS AND DIDACTIC BALLAD: 'A MERI IEST HOW A SERGEANT WOULD LEARNE TO PLAYE THE FRERE' - - Expansion of medieval proverb, 'ex sutore medicus' - Invitation to a merry feast - Association with the twelve livery companies of London Narrative form and technique Dramatic presentation of character - Cogency of plot development Forceful climax and emotional impact - Didacticism without moralization. - - Chapter III. - - 'NYNE PAGEAUNTES': REFLECTIONS ON MAN'S LIFE - - Allegorical personifications of stages in man's life - Over-throw and triumph technique - Concern with life hereafter -Form of the poem Definition of pageant - Similarity in technique to Petrarch's 'Triumphs' - Overtones of medieval morality play - Effective voice and address treatment - Style and rhetorical devices used. - Chapter IV. - - 'A RUFUL LAMENTACION': EXPERIMENTATION WITH FORM - - Death of Queen Elizabeth, wife of Henry VII - Rhyme royal verses with poignant refrain - Transiency of worldly joys Union of diction and rhythm - Rhetorical and varied sentence structure patterns - Extension of the 'Dance of Death' motif - Experimentation with the Alexandrine - Study in paratactic and hypotactic structure appended to the elegy. English and Latin epitaph - - Chapter V. 'CERTAIN METERS': - - MORE'S DENOUNCEMENT OF FORTUNE - - Pernicious influence of the Boke of Fortune More's verses, a disapproval of the current belief - Description of the God-dess Fortuna in medieval literature - Influence of Boccaccio's De Casibus Virorum Illustrium Echoes of the Roman de la Rose Remedies advocated against Fortune's power References to the fall of historical and Biblical personages Wisdom of philosophers in rejecting Fortune Felicitous rhythm and sound structure Two short ballads written in the Tower. - - Chapter VI. RELIGIOUS THEME WITH ARTISTIC TREATMENT - - Influence of the Life of John Picus, the Earl of Mirandula on Thomas More English Translation of the Latin text Obvious preoccupation with style and form dedication to a Poor Clare nun, Joueuce Leigh Paraphrase in rhyme royal verses rather than translation - A plea to live this life in view of man's last end 'The twelve weapons haue we more at length declared as foloweth' - Amplification of Pico's twelve brief statements - 'The twelue propertees or condicyons of a louer' - Twelve attributes of human love compared with divine love emotional intensity of 'A praier of Picus Mirandula unto God'. - - Chapt. VII. CONCLUSION: - - THOMAS MORE'S STATUS AS A POET - - Reasons for More's obscurity Distinction enjoyed during his lifetime Various influences revealed in the poems Grouping the poems into four categories according to theme - Poems and interludes attributed to More by Tottel, Warton, Boas, Walpole, and Reed - 'A Godly Meditation' written in the Tower. - - BIBLIOGRAPHY. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 250.…

Zustand: Gebraucht / Used. 1974. Hardcover with dustwrapper. Fine. 285pp.

4pp., 12mo. 49 lines. Bifolium. On aged and creased paper, with remains of stub. In what appears to be a reference to the memoir by Lady Ponsonby that was published after her death (London: John Murray, 1927), Sichel (at the risk of appearing 'an impertinent Bore') thanks her 'for that adorable manuscript': 'You have made me so happy these days, transported me so entirely to the world I longed to see, that it would really be ungrateful not to say how much I thank you. The whole Court lives, and the Queen most of all, & Prince Albert. And I worship Miss Skerrit, & Lady Jocelyn fascinates me, and so do the Duke of Bedford, and Lord Granville. And the pages raise so many things I want to hear about from your lips.' She continues by discussing 'our French affair': 'The author to-be of the French Life of the Queen is one of the present ministers & easy to get at.' Sichel states that 'Beaumers' would like Lady Ponsonby's memories to have a wide audience, and asks whether she would object to the appearance of her name. After stating that she is 'off to Surrey', Sichel concludes in the hope that Ponsonby's 'damnable Famille Shingles keep off'.…