Renaissance and reformations : an introduction to early modern English literature / Michael Hattaway.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hattaway, Michael.

Series:

Blackwell introductions to literature ; 12.

Blackwell introductions to literature ; 12

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

English literature.

Renaissance--England.

Renaissance.

Reformation--England.

Reformation.

Physical Description:

vii, 253 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Malden, Ma. : Blackwell Pub., 2005.

Summary:

This volume offers a description of early modern habits of writing and reading, of publication and stage performance, and of political and religious writing. An introduction to early modern English literature for students and general readers. Considers the ways in which early modern writers construct the past, recover and adapt classical genres, write about people and places, and tackle religious and secular controversies. Illustrated with a profusion of excerpts from early modern texts. Writers represented include More, Erasmus, Spenser, Marlowe, Shakespeare, Donne, and Milton, as well as less well known authors.

Contents:

Introduction : new worlds of words

Speaking and writing

Reading, publication, performance

Forms ancient and modern

Defining the past

Designing the present

Fictive persons and places

Godliness.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-238) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-23753-8

9786610237531

1-4051-5020-3

OCLC:

936911130