The Country House In English Renaissance Poetry by Nellie L. McClung
A study of the “country house” topos in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English verse, showing how estates serve as moral, social, and political symbols. Through close readings of poets such as Jonson, Carew, Herrick, and Marvell, it explores conventions of hospitality, stewardship, and patronage that structure praise of landowners and their households. Placing these poems within architectural and historical contexts, it probes tensions between pastoral idealization and emergent economic realities, revealing how the genre both affirms and interrogates authority, community, and the good life.
- Published
- 1977
- Nationality
- American
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- Pages
- 250-300
- Original Language
- English
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