{"product_id":"the-erotics-of-materialism-9780812252729","title":"The Erotics of Materialism","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Erotics of Materialism\u003c\/i\u003e is an excellent study of early modern philosophy and poetics. It explicates the fruitful ways that Lucretius’s unorthodox ideas were used by a diverse group of poets—French and English, men and women, Catholics and Protestants, Royalists and Puritans—in an effort both to valorize poetry as a way of knowing and to find a new vocabulary for erotic passion. * Renaissance and Reformation *\u003cbr\u003eThis thoughtful, engagingly written book is a welcome addition to the ever-growing body of work that takes the postmedieval reception of Lucretius as its focus…[Hock] her book makes a strong and convincing case for reading poetry as a source not only of delight but transformative possibility. * L'Esprit Créateur *\u003cbr\u003eHock’s argument is tight and clean, and the book is clearly written; readers will come away more knowledgeable about Lucretius’s poetic influence in the early modern period...\u003ci\u003eErotics of Materialism\u003c\/i\u003e is a highly compelling and informative read, and a welcome addition to the scholarly discussion of early modern 'dalliance' with the notorious Roman poet. * Seventeenth Century News *\u003cbr\u003eWhat makes Hock’s book stand out is its commitment to reading Lucretius’s poetic afterlife in terms less of the notorious boost he gave materialist thought than of his contribution to the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century renewal of poetic forms. For as Hock elegantly demonstrates, scholars, in dwelling on the natural-philosophical content of Lucretian materialism, and thus on the bracing moral and cosmological challenge it put to the traditions of Platonized Christian orthodoxy, overlook how crucial Lucretius was for nonand even anti-Epicurean poets representing a wide range of ethical, social, and political attitudes...\u003ci\u003eThe Erotics of Materialism \u003c\/i\u003emakes an original and important contribution to our understanding both of early modern European poetry and of its place in the broader assimilation of the materialist insights \u003ci\u003eDe rerum natura\u003c\/i\u003e inspired. * Modern Language Quarterly *\u003cbr\u003e[A] gripping and erudite account of the early modern reception of \u003ci\u003eDe rerum natura...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Erotics of Materialism \u003c\/i\u003eis an important work. Hock traces how early modern French and English poets read Lucretius, certainly, but she also delivers a strong statement of purpose to reception studies, gauging the impact of De rerum natura in terms of experimentation and selective reading rather than as a matter of commitment or allegiance. * Modern Philology *\u003cbr\u003eWhere much of the scholarship on Lucretius and the early moderns examines his contributions to philosophy and science, Jessie Hock's brilliant book suggests powerful and far-reaching ways of engaging the specifically poetic aspects of Lucretian philosophy. * Elizabeth D. Harvey, University of Toronto *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction. The Supple Snare 1\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. Materializing the Lyric Tradition: Lucretius and the Poetry of Pierre de Ronsard\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. Poetry in a Time of War: Lucretius and Poetic Patrimony in Pierre de Ronsard's \u003ci\u003eSonnets pour Helene\u003c\/i\u003e and Remy Belleau's \u003ci\u003ePierres précieuses\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. \"Like gold to aery thinness beat\": John Donne's Materialisms\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. Lucy Hutchinson and the Erotic Reception of Lucretius\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. Lucretian Poetics and Women's Writing in Margaret Cavendish's \u003ci\u003ePoems and Fancies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue. This Is Our Venus\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405745070423,"sku":"9780812252729","price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812252729.jpg?v=1730493464","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-erotics-of-materialism-9780812252729","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}