Metaphysical wit / A.J. Smith.
Smith, A. J. (Albert James), 1924-| Call Number | 821/.409384 |
| Author | Smith, A. J. 1924- author. |
| Title | Metaphysical wit / A.J. Smith. |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (xii, 270 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). |
| Notes | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
| Summary | English metaphysical poetry, from Donne to Marvell, is notoriously witty. In this 1992 book, A. J. Smith seeks the reason for the central importance of wit in the thinking of the metaphysical poets and argues that metaphysical wit is essentially different from other modes of wit current in Renaissance Europe. Formal theories and rhetorics of wit are considered both for their theoretical import and their appraisals of wit in practice. Prevailing fashions of witty invention are scrutinized in Italian, French and Spanish writings, so as to bring out the nature and effect of various forms of wit: conceited, hieroglyphic, transformational and others from which the metaphysical mode is distinguished. He locates the basis of Renaissance wit in the received conception of the created order and a theory of literary innovation inherent in Humanist belief, which led to novel couplings of time and eternity, body and soul, man and God. |
| Subject | English poetry Early modern, 1500-1700 History and criticism. English wit and humor History and criticism. Comparative literature English and European. Comparative literature European and English. Metaphysics in literature. |
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| Summary | English metaphysical poetry, from Donne to Marvell, is notoriously witty. In this 1992 book, A. J. Smith seeks the reason for the central importance of wit in the thinking of the metaphysical poets and argues that metaphysical wit is essentially different from other modes of wit current in Renaissance Europe. Formal theories and rhetorics of wit are considered both for their theoretical import and their appraisals of wit in practice. Prevailing fashions of witty invention are scrutinized in Italian, French and Spanish writings, so as to bring out the nature and effect of various forms of wit: conceited, hieroglyphic, transformational and others from which the metaphysical mode is distinguished. He locates the basis of Renaissance wit in the received conception of the created order and a theory of literary innovation inherent in Humanist belief, which led to novel couplings of time and eternity, body and soul, man and God. |
| Notes | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
| Subject | English poetry Early modern, 1500-1700 History and criticism. English wit and humor History and criticism. Comparative literature English and European. Comparative literature European and English. Metaphysics in literature. |
| Multimedia |