A Companion to English Renaissance Literature and Culture

A Companion to English Renaissance Literature and Culture
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792
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9781405106269

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?The volume?s awesome range makes it a valuable preserve for scholars and an ambitious reference for students.?– Times Higher Education Supplement ?This impressive tome must certainly be the last word on English Renaissance literature culture, at least for some considerable time to come.? – Reference reviews In this comprehensive Companion over fifty of the most eminent modern scholars come together to offer an original and far–reaching survey of English Renaissance literature and culture. The first part of the volume considers pertinent issues such as humanism, English reformations, the development of the language, court culture and playhouses, in terms of the way in which these aspects of Renaissance culture influenced literary production. There are provocative essays on canonical genres such as love poetry and Jacobean tragedy, but also accounts of popular and occasional drama and verse, and the visual arts. The Companion also...

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