Skip to content
Register Sign in Wishlist

Courtly Letters in the Age of Henry VIII
Literary Culture and the Arts of Deceit

Part of Cambridge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture

  • Author: Seth Lerer, Stanford University, California
  • Date Published: December 2006
  • availability: Available
  • format: Paperback
  • isbn: 9780521035279

Paperback

Add to wishlist

Other available formats:
Hardback, eBook


Looking for an inspection copy?

This title is not currently available for inspection. However, if you are interested in the title for your course we can consider offering an inspection copy. To register your interest please contact asiamktg@cambridge.org providing details of the course you are teaching.

Description
Product filter button
Description
Contents
Resources
Courses
About the Authors
  • This revisionary study of the origins of courtly poetry reveals the culture of spectatorship and voyeurism that shaped early Tudor English literary life. Through research into the reception of Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde, it demonstrates how Pandarus became the model of the early modern courtier. His blend of counsel, secrecy and eroticism informed the behaviour of poets, lovers, diplomats and even Henry VIII himself. In close readings of the poetry of Hawes and Skelton, the drama of the court, the letters of Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn, the writings of Thomas Wyatt, and manuscript anthologies and early printed books, Seth Lerer illuminates a 'Pandaric' world of displayed bodies, surreptitious letters and transgressive performances. In the process, he redraws the boundaries between the medieval and the Renaissance and illustrates the centrality of the verse epistle to the construction of subjectivity.

    • A sustained critical account of early Tudor literary culture since those of Lewis, Stevens and Southall more than 30 years ago
    • Brings together interesting research in manuscripts and books with literary theory, gender and cultural studies
    • Author is renowned scholar in medieval and Renaissance studies
    Read more

    Customer reviews

    Not yet reviewed

    Be the first to review

    Review was not posted due to profanity

    ×

    , create a review

    (If you're not , sign out)

    Please enter the right captcha value
    Please enter a star rating.
    Your review must be a minimum of 12 words.

    How do you rate this item?

    ×

    Product details

    • Date Published: December 2006
    • format: Paperback
    • isbn: 9780521035279
    • length: 272 pages
    • dimensions: 228 x 152 x 17 mm
    • weight: 0.416kg
    • contains: 7 b/w illus.
    • availability: Available
  • Table of Contents

    List of illustrations
    Acknowledgements
    Note on editions and abbreviations
    1. Pretexts: Chaucer's Pandarus and the origins of courtly discourse
    2. The King's Pandars: performing courtiership in the 1510s
    3. The King's hand: body politics in the letters of Henry VIII
    4. Private quotations, public memories: Troilus and Criseyde and the politics of the manuscript anthology
    5. Wyatt, Chaucer, Tottel: the verse epistle and the subjects of the courtly lyric
    Notes
    Index.

  • Author

    Seth Lerer, Stanford University, California

Related Books

Sorry, this resource is locked

Please register or sign in to request access. If you are having problems accessing these resources please email lecturers@cambridge.org

Register Sign in
Please note that this file is password protected. You will be asked to input your password on the next screen.

» Proceed

You are now leaving the Cambridge University Press website. Your eBook purchase and download will be completed by our partner www.ebooks.com. Please see the permission section of the www.ebooks.com catalogue page for details of the print & copy limits on our eBooks.

Continue ×

Continue ×

Continue ×
warning icon

Turn stock notifications on?

You must be signed in to your Cambridge account to turn product stock notifications on or off.

Sign in Create a Cambridge account arrow icon
×

Find content that relates to you

Join us online

This site uses cookies to improve your experience. Read more Close

Are you sure you want to delete your account?

This cannot be undone.

Cancel

Thank you for your feedback which will help us improve our service.

If you requested a response, we will make sure to get back to you shortly.

×
Please fill in the required fields in your feedback submission.
×