The Trees of the Muses in Aemilia Lanyer’s “The Description of Cooke-ham” (1611)

This essay analyses the symbolism of trees in Aemilia Lanyer’s poem “The Description of Cooke-ham” (1611) to highlight her mnemonic, protofeminist reconstruction of nature. Contrary to what other critics have suggested, the poem’s evocation of nature cannot be reduced to an early example of what Joh...

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Main Author:	Griffin, Aurélie
Format:	Artigo
Language:	Inglês
Published:	Association Études Épistémè 2025
Subjects:	authorship elegy trees Lanyer (Aemilia) pathetic fallacy protofeminism countryhouse poem élégie auctorialité arbres protoféminisme poème topographique
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.4000/160fr https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13089/160fr https://journals.openedition.org/episteme/22228
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