1. New Historicism Critical Book Review
Cultural Poetics is term Stephen Greenblatt uses in his book Renaissance Self-Fashioning, meaning the interpretation of literature as an essential element in the cultural creation of identity. ... Chapter one describes, "the complex interplay in More's life and writings of self-fashioning and self-cancellation, the crafting of a public role and the profound desire to escape from the identity so crafted". ... He discusses Wyatt's attempt at introducing a new technique of poetry, terza rima in the English language. By examining Wyatt's terza rima works, you can connect his relat...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate