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Classical and Christian ideas in English Renaissance poetry : a student's guide / Isabel Rivers.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rivers, Isabel.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Christian poetry, English--History and criticism.
- Christian poetry, English.
- Christianity and literature.
- Classicism--England.
- Classicism.
- English poetry--Classical influences.
- English poetry.
- English poetry--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.
- Renaissance--England.
- Renaissance.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 233 p.
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1994.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- chapter Introduction: Renaissance Poetry and Modern Readers
- chapter 1 The Golden Age and the Garden of Eden
- chapter 2 The Pagan Gods
- chapter 3 Platonism and Neoplatonism
- chapter 4 Stoicism
- chapter 5 Views of History
- chapter 6 Cosmology
- chapter 7 Reformation and Counter-Reformation
- chapter 8 Protestant Theology
- chapter 9 Humanism
- chapter 10 Biblical Exegesis and Typology
- chapter 11 Theories of Poetry
- chapter 12 Allegory
- chapter 13 Numerology
- chapter A Note on the Division of Historical Periods
- chapter Abbreviations
- chapter References
- chapter INTRODUCTION
- chapter 2 THE PAGAN GODS
- chapter 4 STOICISM
- chapter 5 VIEWS OF HISTORY
- chapter 6 COSMOLOGY
- chapter 7 REFORMATION AND COUNTER-REFORMATION
- chapter 8 PROTESTANT THEOLOGY
- chapter 9 HUMANISM
- chapter 10 BIBLICAL EXEGESIS AND TYPOLOGY
- chapter 11 THEORIES OF POETRY
- chapter 12 ALLEGORY
- chapter 13 NUMEROLOGY
- chapter Bibliographical Appendix.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-84416-6
- 0-415-10646-X
- 1-280-07206-7
- 0-203-35995-X
- 1-134-84417-4
- 9780203359952
- OCLC:
- 475884443
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