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Renaissance literature and culture / / Lisa Hopkins and Matthew Steggle



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Autore: Hopkins Lisa <1962-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Renaissance literature and culture / / Lisa Hopkins and Matthew Steggle Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Continuum, , [2006]
©2006
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (157 p.)
Disciplina: 820.9003
Soggetto topico: English literature - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism
Literature and society - Great Britain - History - 16th century
Literature and society - Great Britain - History - 17th century
Persona (resp. second.): SteggleMatthew
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages [127]-138) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1 Historical, Cultural and Intellectual Context; Politics and economics; Religion; Science and technology; Art and culture; Social structures; 2 Literature in the Renaissance; Major genres; Poetry; Drama; Prose; Literary movements; Metaphysical poetry; Women's writing; Protestant poetics; The baroque; 3 Critical Approaches; Historical overview; Key issues and debates; 4 Resources for Independent Study; Chronology of key historical and cultural events; Glossary of key terms and concepts; Further reading and resources; Referencing
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Sommario/riassunto: The guide to Renaissance Literature and Culture provides students with the ideal introduction to literature and its context from 1533-1642, including: - the historical, cultural and intellectual background including religion, politics, exploration and visual culture - major writers and genres including Spenser, Sidney, Marlowe, Shakespeare and Jonson - concise explanations of key terms needed to understand the literature and criticism - key critical approaches to modernism from contemporary critics to the present - a chronology mapping historical events and literary works and further reading i
Titolo autorizzato: Renaissance literature and culture  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4411-0482-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910829061303321
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Serie: Introductions to British literature and culture series.