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English and Italian Literature From Dante to Shakespeare
A Study of Source, Analogue and Divergence
Häftad, 1995
1186 kr
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This is the first comprehensive critical comparison of English and Italian literature from the three centuries from Dante to Shakespeare. It begins by examining Chaucer's relationship with Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio, and then looks at similar relationships within the areas of humanist education, …
Regaining Paradise Lost
Häftad, 1994
580 kr
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Paradise Lost is not merely the masterpiece of John Milton (1608-74) but a turning point in style and form, which had a profound influence on the poetry of the following century. Divided into two parts, this major survey begins by discussing the revolutionary characteristics of Paradise Lost in the …
New Introduction to Chaucer
Av D. S. Brewer
Häftad, 1998
1102 kr
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This new introduction to Chaucer has been radically rewritten since the previous edition which was published in 1984. The book is a controversial and modern restatement of some of the traditional views on Chaucer, and seeks to present a rounded introduction to his life, cultural setting and works. …
Shakespeare's Sonnets and Narrative Poems
Häftad, 1999
1001 kr
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Alongside Spenser, Sidney and the early Donne, Shakespeare is the major poet of the 16th century, largely because of the status of his remarkable sequence of sonnets. Professor Cousins' new book is the first comprehensive study of the Sonnets and narrative poems for over a decade. He focuses in …
Introduction to The Gawain-Poet
Av Ad Putter
Häftad, 1996
1001 kr
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The late 14th century produced a crop of brilliant writers: Chaucer, Langland and Gower. Their achievement was rivalled only by a series of four works generally agreed to have been written by a single northern author, known as the Gawain-Poet. This book introduces the reader to the Gawain-poet's …
Shakespeare's Alternative Tales
Av Leah Scragg
Häftad, 1996
580 kr
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A knowledge of the history and evolution of the tales on which Shakespeare drew in the composition of his plays is essential for the understanding of his work. In re-telling a particular story, a Renaissance writer was not simply reshaping the structure of the narrative but participating in a …
Donne's Religious Writing
A Discourse of Feigned Devotion
Av P. M. Oliver
Häftad, 1997
951 kr
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This, the first book to focus solely on Donne's religious writing, also places his work in a literary context and attempts to reach a more realistic assessment of its originality than has been possible hitherto. The prose works that are examined in detail include the controversial treatises …
Elizabethan Humanism
Literature and Learning in the Later Sixteenth Century
Häftad, 2001
1001 kr
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The term 'humanist' originally referred to a scholar of Classical literature. In the Renaissance and particularly in the Elizabethan age, European intellectuals devoted themselves to the rediscovery and study of Roman and Greek literature and culture. This trend of Renaissance thought became known …
Metaphysical Poets
Av David Reid
Häftad, 2000
1001 kr
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The Metaphysical Poets provides an introduction to the work of six strikingly various and original poets- Donne, Herbert, Crashaw, Vaughan, Marvell and Traherne. By closely examining how the poems work, the book aims to help readers at all stages of proficiency and knowledge to enjoy and critically …
Spirit of Medieval Popular Romance
Av Ad Putter, Jane Gilbert m. fl.
Häftad, 2000
1069 kr
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The Middle English popular romances enjoyed a wide appeal in later medieval Britain, and even today students of medieval literature will encounter examples of the genre, such as Sir Orfeo, Sir Tristrem, and Sir Launfal. This collection of twelve specially commissioned essays is designed to meet the …
Politics of Early Modern Women's Writing
Häftad, 2001
1001 kr
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The Politics of Early Modern Women's Writing provides an introduction to the ever-expanding field of early modern women's writing by reading texts in their historical and social contexts. Covering a wide range of forms and genres, the author shows that rather than women conforming to the …
Women and Dramatic Production 1550 - 1700
Av Alison Findlay, Gweno Williams m. fl.
Häftad, 2000
1237 kr
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There is a traditional view that women were absent from the field of dramatic production in the early modern period because of their exclusion from professional theatre. Women and Dramatic Production 1550-1700 challenges this view and breaks new ground in arguing that, far from writing in closeted …
Marvell
The Writer in Public Life
Häftad, 1999
272 kr
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Marvell: The Writer in Public Life is substantially revised from Professor Patterson's well received 1978 study, including a new introduction and new chapter on Marvell and secret history. This important study provides an up to date perspective on a writer still thought of merely as the author of …
Introduction to The Gawain-Poet
Av Ad Putter
Inbunden, 2016
2904 kr
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The late 14th century produced a crop of brilliant writers: Chaucer, Langland and Gower. Their achievement was rivalled only by a series of four works generally agreed to have been written by a single northern author, known as the Gawain-Poet. This book introduces the reader to the Gawain-poet's …
Spirit of Medieval English Popular Romance
Av Ad Putter, Jane Gilbert m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
2904 kr
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The Middle English popular romances enjoyed a wide appeal in later medieval Britain, and even today students of medieval literature will encounter examples of the genre, such as Sir Orfeo, Sir Tristrem, and Sir Launfal. This collection of twelve specially commissioned essays is designed to meet the …
Marvell
The Writer in Public Life
Inbunden, 2017
883 kr
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Marvell: The Writer in Public Life is substantially revised from Professor Patterson's well received 1978 study, including a new introduction and new chapter on Marvell and secret history. This important study provides an up to date perspective on a writer still thought of merely as the author of …
English and Italian Literature From Dante to Shakespeare
A Study of Source, Analogue and Divergence
Inbunden, 2017
2904 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This is the first comprehensive critical comparison of English and Italian literature from the three centuries from Dante to Shakespeare. It begins by examining Chaucer's relationship with Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio, and then looks at similar relationships within the areas of humanist education, …
Shakespeare's Sonnets and Narrative Poems
Inbunden, 2017
2904 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Alongside Spenser, Sidney and the early Donne, Shakespeare is the major poet of the 16th century, largely because of the status of his remarkable sequence of sonnets. Professor Cousins' new book is the first comprehensive study of the Sonnets and narrative poems for over a decade. He focuses in …
Politics of Early Modern Women's Writing
Inbunden, 2017
2904 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The Politics of Early Modern Women's Writing provides an introduction to the ever-expanding field of early modern women's writing by reading texts in their historical and social contexts. Covering a wide range of forms and genres, the author shows that rather than women conforming to the …
Elizabethan Humanism
Literature and Learning in the Later Sixteenth Century
Inbunden, 2018
2904 kr
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The term 'humanist' originally referred to a scholar of Classical literature. In the Renaissance and particularly in the Elizabethan age, European intellectuals devoted themselves to the rediscovery and study of Roman and Greek literature and culture. This trend of Renaissance thought became known …
Metaphysical Poets
Av David Reid
Inbunden, 2017
2680 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The Metaphysical Poets provides an introduction to the work of six strikingly various and original poets- Donne, Herbert, Crashaw, Vaughan, Marvell and Traherne. By closely examining how the poems work, the book aims to help readers at all stages of proficiency and knowledge to enjoy and critically …
Women and Dramatic Production 1550 - 1700
Av Alison Findlay, Gweno Williams m. fl.
Inbunden, 2017
2904 kr
Lägg i varukorg
There is a traditional view that women were absent from the field of dramatic production in the early modern period because of their exclusion from professional theatre. Women and Dramatic Production 1550-1700 challenges this view and breaks new ground in arguing that, far from writing in closeted …
Donne's Religious Writing
A Discourse of Feigned Devotion
Av P.M. Oliver
Inbunden, 2017
3544 kr
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This, the first book to focus solely on Donne's religious writing, also places his work in a literary context and attempts to reach a more realistic assessment of its originality than has been possible hitherto. The prose works that are examined in detail include the controversial treatises …
New Introduction to Chaucer
Av D. S. Brewer
Inbunden, 2017
2466 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This new introduction to Chaucer has been radically rewritten since the previous edition which was published in 1984. The book is a controversial and modern restatement of some of the traditional views on Chaucer, and seeks to present a rounded introduction to his life, cultural setting and works. …
Shakespeare's Alternative Tales
Av Leah Scragg
Inbunden, 2017
2466 kr
Lägg i varukorg
A knowledge of the history and evolution of the tales on which Shakespeare drew in the composition of his plays is essential for the understanding of his work. In re-telling a particular story, a Renaissance writer was not simply reshaping the structure of the narrative but participating in a …
Regaining Paradise Lost
Inbunden, 2015
1760 kr
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Paradise Lost is not merely the masterpiece of John Milton (1608-74) but a turning point in style and form, which had a profound influence on the poetry of the following century. Divided into two parts, this major survey begins by discussing the revolutionary characteristics of Paradise Lost in the …
Introduction to The Gawain-Poet
Av Ad Putter
E-bok, 2014
1150 kr
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The late 14th century produced a crop of brilliant writers: Chaucer, Langland and Gower. Their achievement was rivalled only by a series of four works generally agreed to have been written by a single northern author, known as the Gawain-Poet. This book introduces the reader to the Gawain-poet's …
Introduction to The Gawain-Poet
Av Ad Putter
E-bok, 2014
1175 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The late 14th century produced a crop of brilliant writers: Chaucer, Langland and Gower. Their achievement was rivalled only by a series of four works generally agreed to have been written by a single northern author, known as the Gawain-Poet. This book introduces the reader to the Gawain-poet's …
