ENGL 220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Oxymoron, Zeitgeist, Gender Bender
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Petrarch (1304 74), italian poet; italian name francesco petrarca. His reputation is chiefly based on the canzoniere (c. 1351 53), a sonnet sequence in praise of a woman he calls laura. He was also an important figure in the rediscovery of greek and latin literature. Breakdown of medieval model of the 3 estates of society. Right noble is your blood -- is this trying to reassure the right social class and therefore you may marry. Malvolio"s social position in the emerging middle class; not directly part of any state; perhaps puritan, but still not put into first class. Page 159, 1581 illustration of someone who is cross gartered and following notes; affectations of gentility ------> nobility. Malvolio has aspirations of being in the upper class; by disobeying his class role in wearing these clothes, then he is portraying what he wants to be. Affecting in an effective way (what they see him as)
