{"product_id":"guilty-creatures-renaissance-poetry-and-the-ethics-of-authorship-9780195142952","title":"Guilty Creatures: Renaissance Poetry and the Ethics of Authorship","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Dennis Kezar\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Poetry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this innovative and learned study, Dennis Kezar examines how Renaissance poets conceive the theme of killing as a specifically representational and interpretive form of violence. Closely reading both major poets and lesser known authors of the early modern period, Kezar explores the ethical self-consciousness and accountability that attend literary killing, paying particular attention to the ways in which this reflection indicates the poet's understanding of his audience. Among the many poems through which Kezar explores the concept of authorial guilt elicited by violent representation are Skelton's \u003cem\u003ePhyllyp Sparowe\u003c\/em\u003e, Spenser's \u003cem\u003eFaerie Queene\u003c\/em\u003e, Shakespeare's \u003cem\u003eJulius Caesar\u003c\/em\u003e, the multi-authored \u003cem\u003eWitch of Edmonton\u003c\/em\u003e, and Milton's \u003cem\u003eSamson Agonistes\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47614375690391,"sku":"9780195142952","price":8325.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780195142952.webp?v=1775093126","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/guilty-creatures-renaissance-poetry-and-the-ethics-of-authorship-9780195142952","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}