Kennedy The Site of Petrarchism

Early Modern National Sentiment in Italy, France, and England
Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-0-8018-8126-8
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
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Reihe: Parallax: Re-visions of Culture and Society

Drawing upon poststructuralist theories of nationalism and national identity developed by such writers as Etienne Balibar, Emmanuel Levinas, Julia Kristeva, Antonio Negri, and Slavoj Zizek, noted Renaissance scholar William J. Kennedy argues that the Petrarchan sonnet serves as a site for early modern expressions of national sentiment in Italy, France, England, Spain, and Germany. Kennedy pursues this argument through historical research into Renaissance commentaries on Petrarch's poetry and critical studies of such poets as Lorenzo de' Medici, Joachim du Bellay and the Pléiade brigade, Philip and Mary Sidney, and Mary Wroth.

Kennedy begins with a survey of Petrarch's poetry and its citation in Italy, explaining how major commentators tried to present Petrarch as a spokesperson for competing versions of national identity. He then shows how Petrarch's model helped define social class, political power, and national identity in mid-sixteenth-century France, particularly in the nationalistic sonnet cycles of Joachim Du Bellay. Finally, Kennedy discusses how Philip Sidney and his sister Mary and niece Mary Wroth reworked Petrarch's model to secure their family's involvement in forging a national policy under Elizabeth I and James I.

Treating the subject of early modern national expression from a broad comparative perspective, The Site of Petrarchism will be of interest to scholars of late medieval and early modern literature in Europe, historians of culture, and critical theorists.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kennedy, William J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Europäische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Fore SitesONE Petrarch and the Site of Petrarchism in Italy
Chapter 1. Petrarch as Commentator: The Search for Italy
Chapter 2. Petrarchan Totems and Political Taboos
Chapter 3. Amor and Patria: Citing Petrarch in Florence and NaplesTWO Du Bellay and theSite of Petrarchism in France
Chapter 4. Du Bellay and the Language of Empire: The Deffence et illustration
Chapter 5. Totems for Defense: Du Bellay and Marot
Chapter 6. Illustrations of Taboo: Du Bellay, Héroët, Saint-Gelais, Scève
Chapter 7. Mon semblable, mon frère: Du Bellay and RonsardTHREE The Sidneys and Wroth: The Site of Petrarchism in England
Chapter 8. Courtly and Anti-Courtly Sidneian Identities
Chapter 9. Family Narratives: The Transitional Space of Petrarchism
Chapter 10. An Apology for Uncles: Philip Sidney's Defence of Poetry
Chapter 11. Prosthetic Gods: The Liberties of Astrophil and Pamphilia
Chapter 12. Byblis and the Bible: Incest, Endogamy, and Mary WrothConclusion: Far Sites, Father Sites, Farther S

Über Autor(innen)

Kennedy, William J.
William J. Kennedy is a professor of comparative literature at Cornell University. He is the author of Rhetorical Norms in Renaissance Literature, Jacop Sannazaro and the Uses of Pastoral, and Authorizing Petrarch.