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Archaic style in English literature, 1590-1674 / Lucy Munro.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) PR421 .M86 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Munro, Lucy.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- English language--Early modern, 1500-1700--Style.
- English language.
- English language--Early modern--Style.
- English language--Archaisms.
- English language--Style.
- English literature--Early modern.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 308 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
- Contents:
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction : conceptualising archaism
- Within our own memory : old English and the early modern poet
- Chaucer, Gower, and the anxiety of obsolescence
- Archaic style in religious writing: immutability, controversy, prophecy
- Staging generations: archaism and the theatrical past
- Shepherds' speech : archaism and early Stuart pastoral drama
- Archaism and the 'English' epic
- Coda : looking backward, looking forward.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781107042797
- 1107042798
- OCLC:
- 842350611
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