Impotency Poem From Ancient Latin to Restoration English Literature

The first book length study of the motif of impotency in poetry from early antiquity through to the late Restoration, this book explores the impotency poem as a recognisable form of poetry in the longer tradition of erotic elegy. Hannah Lavery demonstrates that impotency poems can be seen on one level to represent bawdy escapism, but on the other t

List of contents

Introduction; Chapter 1 Impotence in the Works of Catullus and Horace; Chapter 2 The Impotency Verse of Propertius, Tibullus and Ovid; Chapter 3 The Impotence Motif after Ovid: Petronius (c. 27–66 CE); Chapter 4 Early French and English Renaissance Impotency Verse: Belleau and Marlowe; Chapter 5 Thomas Nashe’s ‘The Choise of Valentines’ (c. 1592); Chapter 6 From Civil War to Restoration; Chapter 7 Disappointment and Imperfect Enjoyment in the Restored Court; Chapter 8 The Anonymous Imperfect Enjoyment Poems; Chapter 9 William Wycherley’s Social Satire in Impotency Verse; conclusion Conclusion;

About the author

Hannah Lavery is Lecturer in English and Staff Tutor at The Open University, UK.

Summary

The first book length study of the motif of impotency in poetry from early antiquity through to the late Restoration, this book explores the impotency poem as a recognisable form of poetry in the longer tradition of erotic elegy. Hannah Lavery demonstrates that impotency poems can be seen on one level to represent bawdy escapism, but on the other t

Product details

• Authors: Hannah Lavery
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032927695
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3292769-5
• No. of pages: 206
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; European History, HISTORY / Ancient / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, Medieval History, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literature: history & criticism, Literary studies: general, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, European history: medieval period, middle ages, Literature: history and criticism, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, Medieval style