In this comprehensive Companion over fifty of the very best of modern scholars - including Patrick Collinson, Germaine Greer, Richard Harries, Arthur Kinney, Andrew Hadfield , Jean Howard, and Judith Anderson - come together to offer an original and far-reaching survey of English Renaissance litera
Renaissance Literature and Culture
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- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 157
- Series
- Introductions to British Literature and Culture
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
The guide to Renaissance Literature and Culture provides students with the ideal introduction to literature and its context from 1533-1642, including: - the historical, cultural and intellectual background including religion, politics, exploration and visual culture - major writers and genres including Spenser, Sidney, Marlowe, Shakespeare and Jonson - concise explanations of key terms needed to understand the literature and criticism - key critical approaches to modernism from contemporary critics to the present - a chronology mapping historical events and literary works and further reading including websites and electronic resources.
โฆ Subjects
Criticism & Theory;History & Criticism;Literature & Fiction;Movements & Periods;Ancient & Classical;Arthurian Romance;Beat Generation;Feminist;Gothic & Romantic;LGBT;Medieval;Modern;Modernism;Postmodernism;Renaissance;Shakespeare;Surrealism;Victorian;History & Criticism;Literature & Fiction;Literature;American Literature;Creative Writing & Composition;English Literature;Literary Theory;World Literature;Humanities;New, Used & Rental Textbooks;Specialty Boutique
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