{"product_id":"solitude-and-speechlessness-9781487504045","title":"Solitude and Speechlessness","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSolitude and Speechlessness argues that experiences of isolation are inherent to the writing and reading of Renaissance literature, and finds parallels and meaning in the lives of solitary figures including poets, ascetics, and hermits.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Solitude and Speechlessness is a book that scholars of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English poetry will appreciate for its detailed, precise, and accurate analysis of canonical works. It provides a re-reading of such works through a peculiar lens: the pursuit, or fear, of the sense of isolation that allows us to find, but also lose, ourselves.\" -- Elena Brizio, Georgetown University * \u003cem\u003eRenaissance and Reformation \/ Renaissance et Réforme\u003c\/em\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"In his remarkable study, Andrew Mattison offers a fascinating examination of the various and self-conscious forms of literary withdrawal within sixteenth and seventeenth-century English writings, and of the implications that such a poetics of isolation have for the writing of literary history.\" -- Joshua Easterling, Murray State University * \u003cem\u003eStudies in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching\u003c\/em\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"In our current global experience of isolation, Mattison’s book has special resonance. Among many achievements, it reminds us of the virtue of being ambitious readers, challenging ourselves to wander from familiar paths.\" -- Anna Welch, State Library Victoria * \u003cem\u003eParergon\u003c\/em\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments   Introduction: Writing in Solitude   1. Lyric Futures: Hidden Ambitions in the Sidney-Pembroke Circle 2. Nameless Orphans: Ambitious Poetry in an Age of Modesty 3. The Peril of Understanding: Forms of Obscurity 4. The Lure of Solitude: Melancholy and Eremitism as Literary Dispositions 5. The Naked Sense of Retirement: Cowley, Marvell, Traherne 6. Literary History in Isolation: Bacon, Hofmannsthal, and Historical Memory   Conclusion: Reading in Solitude   Bibliography","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409140982103,"sku":"9781487504045","price":47.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781487504045.jpg?v=1730505588","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/solitude-and-speechlessness-9781487504045","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}