The Birds of Aemilia Lanyer's "The Description of Cooke-Ham".

An essay is presented on poetic legitimacy of Emilia Lanier. It examines the relationship between the material and symbolic on early modern realities of patronage and gender. It highlights the identification of the disproportionate sense of legitimacy for a female poet. It also cites the intrinsic p...

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Publicado en:Modern Philology Vol. 114; no. 3; pp. 524 - 552
Autor principal: Beskin, Anna
Formato: Essay
Publicado: University of Chicago Press Feb2017
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Sumario:An essay is presented on poetic legitimacy of Emilia Lanier. It examines the relationship between the material and symbolic on early modern realities of patronage and gender. It highlights the identification of the disproportionate sense of legitimacy for a female poet. It also cites the intrinsic precariousness of social standing with the discursive complexities of creatures.