Ronsard and the Age of Gold / Elizabeth Armstrong
London : Cambridge U.P., 1968. 1st edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #426462
Physical description; xiv, 213 pages 8 plates, illustrations, facsimiles, map 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-206). Contents; Machine derived contents note: List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction: the Age of Gold in Renaissance symbol and ceremonial; 1. The Age of Gold in Ronsard's poetry; 2. Classical, medieval and renaissance concepts of the Age of Gold; 3. Other representations of the Age of Gold in Ronsard's time; 4. Traditional and contemporary influences affecting Ronsard's idea of the Age of Gold; 5. Ronsard's natural surroundings, tastes and temperament idealised in his image of the Age of Gold; Map: the Ronsard country; Appendix to chapter 1: chronological table; Bibliography; Indices. Subjects; Ronsard, Pierre de 1524-1585 Criticism and interpretation. Ronsard, Pierre de 1524-1585. Poets, French 16th century Criticism and interpretation.
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