TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fletcher,Phineas
AU  - Pope,Johnathan H.
TI  - The purple island, or, The isle of man
T2  - The Renaissance Society of America texts and studies series
SN  - 9789004339767
AV  - PR2274 .P87 2017
U1  - 821/.3 23
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - English poetry
KW  - Early modern, 1500-1700
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Available to subscribing member institutions only
N2  - Phineas Fletcher’s epic allegorical poem The Purple Island (1633) combines anatomical and devotional perspectives on the self as the poet explores the relationship between body and soul. The titular island is figured as both body and as England, thus merging religious, corporeal, devotional, and geo-national narratives. The present critical edition offers the first fresh editorial approach to the poem in over a century and situates the poem in its historical and critical contexts. Although the poem has often been regarded as a bizarre and fragmented curiosity, Johnathan H. Pope compellingly argues in favour of a more unified reading and understanding of the text as a whole, offering a newly-annotated edition that illuminates the text for both the Fletcher specialist and newcomer alike
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004339767
ER  -