Baroque in English Neoclassical Literature
Though most scholars agree that the baroque was succeeded by the neoclassical in English literature about the middle of the 17th century, Canfield (English and comparative cultural and literary studies, U. of Arizona) argues that features such as the monstrous or grotesque, the macabre or morbid, and the outrageous signal the persistence of the baroque even as literature took on respectable neoclassical themes. Distributed in the US by Associated University Presses. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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Baroque in English Neoclassical Literature
Though most scholars agree that the baroque was succeeded by the neoclassical in English literature about the middle of the 17th century, Canfield (English and comparative cultural and literary studies, U. of Arizona) argues that features such as the monstrous or grotesque, the macabre or morbid, and the outrageous signal the persistence of the baroque even as literature took on respectable neoclassical themes. Distributed in the US by Associated University Presses. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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Baroque in English Neoclassical Literature

Baroque in English Neoclassical Literature

by J. Douglas Canfield
Baroque in English Neoclassical Literature

Baroque in English Neoclassical Literature

by J. Douglas Canfield

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Though most scholars agree that the baroque was succeeded by the neoclassical in English literature about the middle of the 17th century, Canfield (English and comparative cultural and literary studies, U. of Arizona) argues that features such as the monstrous or grotesque, the macabre or morbid, and the outrageous signal the persistence of the baroque even as literature took on respectable neoclassical themes. Distributed in the US by Associated University Presses. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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ISBN-13: 9780874138344
Publisher: University of Delaware Press
Publication date: 09/28/2003
Pages: 256
Product dimensions: 6.69(w) x 9.84(h) x (d)
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