Poetics of Inconstancy: Etienne Durand and the End of Renaissance Verse

By Hoyt Rogers

The transformation of Late Petrarchism from earlier stages reflects a profound shift in cultural values -- a 'crisis of the Renaissance' that generated new perspectives in poetic theory and practice. Broadly, this book identifies a distinctive 'poetics of inconstancy' that came to the fore at the end of the sixteenth century and pervaded the love verse of the age. At the same time, as a study based on the inductive method, the book takes as its point of departure a single poet: Etienne Durand. Because of his frequently anthologized 'Stances l'Inconstance, ' Durand is often singled out as 'the poet of inconstancy.' This study, however, identifies the theme of universal change as a hallmark of Durand's contemporaries as well -- a signal of a stylistic revolution that heralded the end of Renaissance verse.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807892602
• ISBN13: 9780807892602
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Unc Department of Romance Studies
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.1"