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Defining "romance" as a form that simultaneously seeks and postpones a particular end, revelation, or object, Patricia Parker interprets its implications and transformations in the works of four major poets--Ariosto, Spenser, Milton, and Keats. In placing the texts within their literary and historical contexts, Professor Parker provides at once a l



Table of Contents
*Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Acknowledgments, pg. ix*Abbreviation, pg. 1*Introduction, pg. 3*I. Ariosto, pg. 16*II. Spenser, pg. 54*III. Milton, pg. 114*IV. Keats, pg. 159*Epilogue, pg. 219*Notes, pg. 245*Selected Bibliography, pg. 273*Index, pg. 283

Inescapable Romance Studies in the Poetics of a

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      Publisher Princeton University Press
      Published 8 March 2015
      ISBN-13 9780691627960
      978-0691627960
      ISBN-10 0691627967
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      Literary studies: general

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      Book Synopsis

      Defining "romance" as a form that simultaneously seeks and postpones a particular end, revelation, or object, Patricia Parker interprets its implications and transformations in the works of four major poets--Ariosto, Spenser, Milton, and Keats. In placing the texts within their literary and historical contexts, Professor Parker provides at once a l



      Table of Contents
      *Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Acknowledgments, pg. ix*Abbreviation, pg. 1*Introduction, pg. 3*I. Ariosto, pg. 16*II. Spenser, pg. 54*III. Milton, pg. 114*IV. Keats, pg. 159*Epilogue, pg. 219*Notes, pg. 245*Selected Bibliography, pg. 273*Index, pg. 283

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