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The attack on poetry and the theater which occurred in England during the 16th and 17th centuries has been the subject of numerous scholarly investigations. This "war against poetry" was, in Professor Fraser's view, part of a larger cultural movement: the disengagement of the modern world from its medieval antecedents. Originally published in 1971



Table of Contents
*Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. vii*Contents, pg. ix*I. The Husk and the Kernel, pg. 1*II. The Naked Truth, pg. 29*III. The Thief of Time, pg. 52*IV. The Day of Darkness and the Gospel of Gain, pg. 77*V. The Noumenal World and the Torrent of Change, pg. 102*VI. Politics and Poetry, pg. 123*VII. The Tie that Binds, pg. 157*Works Consulted, pg. 183*Index, pg. 199

The War Against Poetry

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      Publisher Princeton University Press
      Published 8 March 2015
      ISBN-13 9780691620794
      978-0691620794
      ISBN-10 0691620792

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The attack on poetry and the theater which occurred in England during the 16th and 17th centuries has been the subject of numerous scholarly investigations. This "war against poetry" was, in Professor Fraser's view, part of a larger cultural movement: the disengagement of the modern world from its medieval antecedents. Originally published in 1971



      Table of Contents
      *Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. vii*Contents, pg. ix*I. The Husk and the Kernel, pg. 1*II. The Naked Truth, pg. 29*III. The Thief of Time, pg. 52*IV. The Day of Darkness and the Gospel of Gain, pg. 77*V. The Noumenal World and the Torrent of Change, pg. 102*VI. Politics and Poetry, pg. 123*VII. The Tie that Binds, pg. 157*Works Consulted, pg. 183*Index, pg. 199

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