Classical and Christian Ideas in English Renaissance PoetrySince publication in 1979 Isabel Rivers' sourcebook has established itself as the essential guide to English Renaissance poetry. It:
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... Lord, Not thriving, I resolved to be bold, And make a suit unto him, to afford A new small-rented lease, and cancel the old. In heaven at his manor I him sought: They told 4 CLASSICAL AND CHRISTIAN IDEAS IN ENGLISH RENAISSANCE POETRY.
... Lord, Not thriving, I resolved to be bold, And make a suit unto him, to afford A new small-rented lease, and cancel the old. In heaven at his manor I him sought: They told 4 CLASSICAL AND CHRISTIAN IDEAS IN ENGLISH RENAISSANCE POETRY.
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... Lord of the Manor for a new one on more favourable terms—both recalls the parables of Christ, in which the relationship between God and man is often cast in the similar but not identical terms of the contractual relationship between ...
... Lord of the Manor for a new one on more favourable terms—both recalls the parables of Christ, in which the relationship between God and man is often cast in the similar but not identical terms of the contractual relationship between ...
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... Lord thy God, he said and stood. But Satan smitten with amazement fell. Milton Paradise Regained IV ll. 531–5, 549–62 (italics mine) Satan presents the Son of God with his last temptation, 6 CLASSICAL AND CHRISTIAN IDEAS IN ENGLISH ...
... Lord thy God, he said and stood. But Satan smitten with amazement fell. Milton Paradise Regained IV ll. 531–5, 549–62 (italics mine) Satan presents the Son of God with his last temptation, 6 CLASSICAL AND CHRISTIAN IDEAS IN ENGLISH ...
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... Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of ...
... Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of ...
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... Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows; And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to ...
... Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows; And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to ...
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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