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Frame, glass, verse : the technology of poetic invention in the English Renaissance by Rayna Kalas is a literary studies available to read on EtoBox.
What is Frame, glass, verse : the technology of poetic invention in the English Renaissance about?
In a book that draws attention to some of our most familiar and unquestioned habits of thought—from "framing" to "perspective" to "reflection"—Rayna Kalas suggests that metaphors of the poetic imagination were once distinctly material and technical in character. Kalas explores the visual culture of the English Renaissance by way of the poetic image, showing that English writers avoided charges of idolatry and fancy through conceits that were visual, but not pictorial. Frames, mirrors, and window
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- Author
- Rayna Kalas
- Publisher
- Cornell Univercity Press
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781501732676
- Category
- literary studies
- Subjects
- History, Literary Criticism, Humanities
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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