Classical and Christian Ideas in English Renaissance Poetry

2. Auflage 1994
ISBN: 978-0-415-10647-4
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 244 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 313 g

Since publication in 1979 Isabel Rivers' sourcebook has established itself as the essential guide to English Renaissance poetry. It:

- provides an account of the main classical and Christian ideas, outlining their meaning, their origins and their transmission to the Renaissance;

- illustrates the ways in which Renaissance poetry drew on classical and Christian ideas;

- contains extracts from key classical and Christian texts and relates these to the extracts of the English poems which draw on them;

- includes suggestions for further reading, and an invaluable bibliographical appendix.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rivers, Isabel

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface to the First Edition Introduction: Renaissance Poetry and Modern Readers 1 The Golden Age and the Garden of Eden 2 The Pagan Gods 3 Platonism and Neoplatonism 4 Stoicism 5 Views of History 6 Cosmology 7 Reformation and Counter-Reformation 8 Protestant Theology 9 Humanism 10 Biblical Exegesis and Typology 11 Theories of Poetry 12 Allegory 13 Numerology

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Isabel Rivers is a Fellow and Tutor in English of St Hugh’s College, Oxford.