A Companion to English Renaissance Literature and CultureMichael Hattaway This is a one volume, up-to-date collection of more than fifty wide-ranging essays which will inspire and guide students of the Renaissance and provide course leaders with a substantial and helpful frame of reference.
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... Classical Imitation Sarah Hutton 5 History Patrick Collinson 6 The English Language of the Early Modern Period N. F. Blake 7 Publication: Print and Manuscript Michelle O'Callaghan xii 13 27 44 58 71 81 8 Literacy and Education 95 Jean R ...
... Classical Imitation Sarah Hutton 5 History Patrick Collinson 6 The English Language of the Early Modern Period N. F. Blake 7 Publication: Print and Manuscript Michelle O'Callaghan xii 13 27 44 58 71 81 8 Literacy and Education 95 Jean R ...
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... classical world, to emulate the grandeur of ancient cities, to stimulate science and geographical discovery, and to ... classical rhetoric; none would have written what they did without being concerned with the dissemination and ...
... classical world, to emulate the grandeur of ancient cities, to stimulate science and geographical discovery, and to ... classical rhetoric; none would have written what they did without being concerned with the dissemination and ...
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... classical models. An agenda for a Renaissance author was comprehensive: this was an age ofpolemic and satire as well as ofmadrigal verse, ofpolitical engagement as well as oflyric grace. Our own age is also inclined to read the personal ...
... classical models. An agenda for a Renaissance author was comprehensive: this was an age ofpolemic and satire as well as ofmadrigal verse, ofpolitical engagement as well as oflyric grace. Our own age is also inclined to read the personal ...
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... classical decorum in the arts and of rationality and tolerance in politics and philosophy. Our period may well be better described as 'Reformation England', a hypothesis I endorse by choosing as a cover illustration a painting owned by ...
... classical decorum in the arts and of rationality and tolerance in politics and philosophy. Our period may well be better described as 'Reformation England', a hypothesis I endorse by choosing as a cover illustration a painting owned by ...
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... classical comedy. Some chapters seek to embed texts within early modern history and culture, others, particularly in the 'Readings' part, indicate how Renaissance texts might be read not only contextually but also from the perspectives ...
... classical comedy. Some chapters seek to embed texts within early modern history and culture, others, particularly in the 'Readings' part, indicate how Renaissance texts might be read not only contextually but also from the perspectives ...
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