Renaissance Literature and CultureA&C Black, 2006 M01 1 - 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. |
Contenido
Introduction | 1 |
1 Historical Cultural and Intellectual Context | 3 |
2 Literature in the Renaissance | 55 |
3 Critical Approaches | 97 |
4 Resources for Independent Study | 115 |
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