The dark ages & the age of gold / by Russell Fraser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fraser, Russell A., author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

English literature.

Literature, Medieval--History and criticism.

Literature, Medieval.

Europe--Intellectual life.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (440 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1973.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this original and provocative book Russell Fraser has set himself no less a task than the description and interpretation of one of the signal "facts" of Western history-the breaking away of the present from the medieval past. He locates this break in England in the sixteenth century, and on the continent two hundred years earlier. Unafraid to synthesize, he weaves a rich fabric of "ations, allusions, and examples from art, music, philosophy, theology, and physical science to explain the cultural transition to the modern world.Although the author ranges from Plato to the present, his focus is concentrated on the major figures of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, especially Shakespeare, "the last and greatest of medieval artists." His intention is always to draw together and compare medieval. Renaissance, and contemporary attitudes so that the reader can see the past becoming the present, how and when this transformation occurred, and for what reasons.Originally published in 1973.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

I. The Past As Prologue

II. Poetry and the Illative Voice

III. The Father of Lies

IV. The Regiment of Virtue

V. The Woman of Jericho

VI. The Language of Earth

VII. The Seeds of Psyche

VIII. The Oil and Water of Poetry and Truth

IX. Procrustes' Bed

X. The Watch That Ends the Night Works Consulted

Works Consulted

Index

Notes:

Bibliography: p. 377-396.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

0-691-64618-X

0-691-61928-X

1-4008-6904-8

OCLC:

905863701