Log In
Or create an account ->
Imperial Library
Home
About
News
Upload
Forum
Help
Login/SignUp
Index
Acknowledgments
A Note on References
Introduction: The Marketplace of Mercury
Part One: Petrarch and Italian Poetry
1. Petrarch as Homo Economicus
2. Making Petrarch Matter: The Parts and Labor of Textual Revision
3. Jeweler’s Daughter Sings for Doge: Gaspara Stampa’s Entrepreneurial Poetics
4. Incommensurate Gifts: Michelangelo and the Economy of Revision
Part Two: Pierre de Ronsard and Pléiade Aesthetics
1. Polished to Perfection: Ronsard’s Investment in Les Amours
2. Ronsard Furieux: Interest in Ariosto
3. Passions and Privations: Writing Sonnets like a Pro in Les Amours de Marie
4. The Smirched Muse: Commercializing Sonnets pour Hélène
Part Three: Shakespeare’s Sonnets and the Economy of Petrarchan Aesthetics
1. To Possess Is Not to Own: The Cost of the Dark Lady and the Young Man
2. Polish and Skill: Will’s Interest and Self-Interest in Sonnets 61–99
3. Owning Up to Furor: The “Poets’ War” and Its Aftermath in Sonnets 100–126
4. Shakespeare as Professional: The Economy of Revision in Sonnets 1–60
Conclusion: Mercurial Economies
Works Cited as Primary Texts
Index
← Prev
Back
Next →
← Prev
Back
Next →