Renaissance Literature and CultureBloomsbury Academic, 2006 - 144 páginas 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 including websites and electronic resources. |
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Introduction | 1 |
Literature in the Renaissance | 55 |
Critical Approaches | 97 |
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