Michael R G Spiller
Biographic Data
| ID | 5629020 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael R G Spiller |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael R G |
| FAMILY NAME | Spiller |
| SIGNATURE | SPILLER M R G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Aberdeen |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Backwards Into the Light. Cultural Modernity and the Renaissance
This article looks at the textual practices used by humanist and Reformation writers to modernise their textual legacies from classical and Biblical antiquity. By a process which I have called “textual proclamation” these writers were able to distinguish past from future and at the same time establish continuity. The problems faced by Reformation writers working with Biblical texts regarded as eternal are briefly discussed. It is argued that this…
The Development of the Sonnet
In this indispensible introductory study of the sonnet, Michael R.G. Spiller takes the reader on an illuminating guided tour. He begins with the invention of the sonnet in thirteenth-century Italy and traces its progress through to the time of Milton, showing how the form has developed and acquired the capacity to express lyrically 'the nature of the desiring self'. In doing so he provides a concise critical account of the major British sonnet wr…
A literary ‘first’
"A Literary "First
The Development of the Sonnet
The Development of the Sonnet
A literary ‘first’
"A Literary "First
The Development of the Sonnet
In this indispensible introductory study of the sonnet, Michael R.G. Spiller takes the reader on an illuminating guided tour. He begins with the invention of the sonnet in thirteenth-century Italy and traces its progress through to the time of Milton, showing how the form has developed and acquired the capacity to express lyrically 'the nature of the desiring self'. In doing so he provides a concise critical account of the major British sonnet wr…
Backwards Into the Light. Cultural Modernity and the Renaissance
This article looks at the textual practices used by humanist and Reformation writers to modernise their textual legacies from classical and Biblical antiquity. By a process which I have called “textual proclamation” these writers were able to distinguish past from future and at the same time establish continuity. The problems faced by Reformation writers working with Biblical texts regarded as eternal are briefly discussed. It is argued that this…
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