DANCEST 805 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Blazon, Andrew Marvell, Stephen Gosson
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British literary history 4 early modern poetry. The poetry that was written long ago was not written to be published or to be sold. It was written because that"s what a gentlemen would do to show that he is well educated. The sonnet was invented in the 12th century in italy at court (it had to be in court since the peasants were not able to read or write) Reminder: the lyrical i is =/= the author. 1304 1374 rerum vulgaria fragmenta (1470) (published as canzoniere in 1883) Even it is a latin title it was not published in latin but in italic. Devided in two halfs: in the first half laura is alive, in the second half laura is dead. A peom a day for 366 days. Her beauty is praised, very elaborate language but the speaker of the peom is really unhappy because she doesn"t love him back.
