“Mongrel tragicomedy” and its Orphic back-cloth
In A Defence of Poetry (1579) Sir Philip Sidney praises Orpheus, a central figure in Renaissance thought, the poet-civiliser who, by his artistry, drew “the wild untamed wits to an admiration of knowledge”. Sidney, however, was at pains to find any “delightful teaching” in what he called the “mongre...
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Actes des congrès de la Société française Shakespeare
2007
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| Accès en ligne: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |