Renaissance pastoral and its English developments / Sukanta Chaudhuri.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chaudhuri, Sukanta, 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English poetry--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.

English poetry.

Pastoral poetry, English--History and criticism.

Pastoral poetry, English.

English poetry--European influences.

Pastoral poetry--History and criticism.

Pastoral poetry.

Physical Description:

ix, 487 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989.

Summary:

This book, the first critical history of English Renaissance pastoral since 1906, combines factual history with critical analyses of major authors and areas, including several continental pastoralists and Renaissance readings of Virgil's Eclogues. It explores the extent, variety, and complexity of Renaissance pastoral and the forces that helped shape it, discusses language and literary convention, and examines the political and topical implications of pastoral as well as significant details of publication and patronage.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0198117361 :

OCLC:

18715256