Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-238) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : the Renaissance and its period frames -- The frame before the work of art -- The craft of poesy and the framing of verse -- The tempered frame -- Poetic offices and the conceit of the mirror -- Poesy, progress, and the perspective glass -- "Shakes-speare's sonnets" and the properties of glass -- Coda : the material sign and the transparency of language.
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