"Retorica." . . "Poésie humoristique anglaise 16e siècle Histoire et critique." . . "Rhetorik englische Geschichte 17. Jh." . . "1500 - 1700" . . "Lengua inglesa Retórica." . . "Retorik i litteraturen England 1500-1700 talet." . . "Concetto." . . "Geschichte." . . "Englisch." . . "Poetik." . . "Anglais (langue) 1500-1700 (moderne naissant) Rhétorique." . . "English poetry." . . "engelsk litteratur" . . "Poesía inglesa 1500-1700 Historia y crítica." . . "Englisch." . . "renæssance" . . "Lyrik englische Geschichte 17. Jh Sprache und Stil." . . "Lyrik englische Geschichte 16. Jh Sprache und Stil." . . "Rhétorique de la Renaissance." . . . . . "Lyric wonder : rhetoric and wit in Renaissance English poetry" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "James Biester sees the shift in late Elizabethan England toward a witty, rough, and obscure lyric style - metaphysical wit and strong lines - as a response to the heightened cultural prestige of wonder. That same prestige was demonstrated in the search for strange artifacts and animals to display in the wondercabinets of the period. By embracing the genres of satire and epigram, poets of the Elizabethan court risked their chances for political advancement, exposing themselves to the danger of being classified either as malcontents or as jesters who lacked the gravitas required of those in power. John Donne himself recognized both the risks and benefits of adopting the \"admirable\" style, as Biester shows in his close readings of the First and Fourth Satyres. Why did courtier-poets adopt such a dangerous form of self-representation? The answer, Biester maintains, lies in an extraordinary confluence of developments in both poetics and the interpenetrating spheres of the culture at large, which made the pursuit of wonder through style unusually attractive, even necessary. In a postfeudal but still aristocratic culture, he says, the ability to astound through language performed the validating function that was once supplied by the ability to fight. Combining the insights of the new historicism with traditional literary scholarship, Biester perceives the rise of metaphysical style as a social as well as aesthetic event." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Criticism, interpretation, etc" . . . . . "Lyric wonder : rhetoric and wit in renaissance English poetry" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Renaissance Grande-Bretagne Angleterre (GB)" . . "Humor." . . "humor" . "Rhetorik." . . "Humour anglais Histoire et critique." . . "Humour anglais - Histoire et critique." . "Geschichte 1550-1700." . . "Humor (grappigheden)" . . "satire" . . "English language." . . "Humour Dans la littérature." . . "England" . . "Poésie anglaise 16e siècle Histoire et critique." . . "Poésie anglaise - 16e siècle - Histoire et critique." . "Gedichten." . . "Rhétorique Histoire." . . "Metaphysical poets." . . "English wit and humor." . . "Renaissance." . . "Geschichte 1500-1600." . . . . "lyrik" . . "Lyrik." . "Renaissance Angleterre." . . "Renaissance - Angleterre." . "Metaphysik." . . "Rhetoric." . . "Anglais (Langue) 1500-1700 (Moderne) Rhétorique." . . "Anglais (langue) 1500-1700 (moderne) Rhétorique." . "Anglais (Langue) - 1500-1700 (Moderne) - Rhétorique." . "Poésie anglaise 17e siècle Histoire et critique." . . "epigrammer" . . "Engels." . . "Rhetorik englische Geschichte 16. Jh." . . "Literatura inglesa (história e crítica)" . . "1590-1650" . . "Humorismo inglés." . . "Retórica (história) Século 16;século 17." . .