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Isabel Rivers. Classical and Christian Ideas in English Renaissance Poetry Since its first publication Isabel Rivers' sourcebook has established itself as the essential student guide to English Renaissance Poetry. It • provides an ...
Isabel Rivers. Classical and Christian Ideas in English Renaissance Poetry Since its first publication Isabel Rivers' sourcebook has established itself as the essential student guide to English Renaissance Poetry. It • provides an ...
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... England (editor) (1982) Reason, Grace, and Sentiment: A Study of the Language of Religion and Ethics in England, 1660–1780, volume I: Whichcote to Wesley (1991) Classical and Christian Ideas in English Renaissance Poetry A Students'
... England (editor) (1982) Reason, Grace, and Sentiment: A Study of the Language of Religion and Ethics in England, 1660–1780, volume I: Whichcote to Wesley (1991) Classical and Christian Ideas in English Renaissance Poetry A Students'
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... English Renaissance Poetry: A students' guide/Isabel Rivers.—2nd ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. English poetry—Early modern, 1500–1700—History and criticism. 2. Christian poetry, English—History and ...
... English Renaissance Poetry: A students' guide/Isabel Rivers.—2nd ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. English poetry—Early modern, 1500–1700—History and criticism. 2. Christian poetry, English—History and ...
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... English Reformation and Revolution as to the meaning of key terms such as Reformed and Catholic, Calvinist and Arminian, and Puritan and Anglican. Much important new work has been done by literary historians on Spenser, Donne, Herbert ...
... English Reformation and Revolution as to the meaning of key terms such as Reformed and Catholic, Calvinist and Arminian, and Puritan and Anglican. Much important new work has been done by literary historians on Spenser, Donne, Herbert ...
Contents
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2 The Pagan Gods | 21 |
3 Platonism and Neoplatonism | 35 |
4 Stoicism | 45 |
5 Views of History | 55 |
6 Cosmology | 69 |
7 Reformation and CounterReformation | 89 |
11 Theories of Poetry | 149 |
12 Allegory | 159 |
13 Numerology | 169 |
A Note on the Division of Historical Periods | 181 |
Abbreviations | 183 |
References | 185 |
Further Reading | 193 |
Bibliographical Appendix | 205 |
8 Protestant Theology | 107 |
9 Humanism | 125 |
10 Biblical Exegesis and Typology | 139 |
Author Index | 227 |
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