Fugitive Papers

Juan de Dios Torralbo Caballero

ISBN 10: 3034346220 / ISBN 13: 9783034346221

Published by Peter Lang, Peter Lang Mär 2023, 2023

About this Item

Neuware -When the book titled Poems. By the Incomparable Mrs K.P. was published in 1664 Katherine Philips herself defined it as 'those fugitive papers that have escap'd my hands', expressing her reluctance to publish them and her aversion to her works appearing in print. Despite her (apparent) modesty, Orinda and her work definitely occupied an important position in the literary field of that time. This book studies the life and work of Katherine Philips (1632-1664) from a historicist and socio-critical perspective. It posits that 'the Matchless Orinda' embodies the literary shift from manuscript to printed literature, and shows how a woman poet, following in the footsteps of successful male counterparts, such as Abraham Cowley and John Dryden, was able to achieve fame in the male-dominated literary world.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 216 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fugitive Papers
• Publisher: Peter Lang, Peter Lang Mär 2023
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3034346220
• ISBN 13: 9783034346221
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 210W x 148H x 12D millimeters 210 millimeters width by 148 millimeters height by 12 millimeters depth
• Weight: 286 grams

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Synopsis

When the book titled Poems. By the Incomparable Mrs K.P. was published in 1664 Katherine Philips herself defined it as "those fugitive papers that have escap'd my hands", expressing her reluctance to publish them and her aversion to her works appearing in print. Despite her (apparent) modesty, Orinda and her work definitely occupied an important position in the literary field of that time. This book studies the life and work of Katherine Philips (1632-1664) from a historicist and socio-critical perspective. It posits that 'the Matchless Orinda' embodies the literary shift from manuscript to printed literature, and shows how a woman poet, following in the footsteps of successful male counterparts, such as Abraham Cowley and John Dryden, was able to achieve fame in the male-dominated literary world.

About the Author

Juan de Dios Torralbo Caballero is Full Professor of English Literature, and teaches English Literature and Literary Translation at the University of Córdoba, Spain. He holds a Ph.D in English Studies from said institution and a Ph.D in Spanish Language and Literature from the University Complutense of Madrid. He has written on Anne Bradstreet, Aphra Behn, Margaret Cavendish, Hester Pulter, John Milton, John Dryden, Alexander Pope, George Eliot, Anne Brontë, Blanco White, Juan Valera and Alberto Lista.