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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... Puritan and Anglican. Much important new work has been done by literary historians on Spenser, Donne, Herbert, Milton, and other poets in the light of this development. Second, the vitality and variousness of Renaissance philosophy is ...
... Puritan and Anglican. Much important new work has been done by literary historians on Spenser, Donne, Herbert, Milton, and other poets in the light of this development. Second, the vitality and variousness of Renaissance philosophy is ...
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... Puritans fleeing religious persecution in the Old World (indicated by the names of New England towns: Salem, New Canaan). In Christian thought, though both kinds of earthly paradise, past and present, Eden and the promised land, are ...
... Puritans fleeing religious persecution in the Old World (indicated by the names of New England towns: Salem, New Canaan). In Christian thought, though both kinds of earthly paradise, past and present, Eden and the promised land, are ...
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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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Classical and Christian Ideas in English Renaissance Poetry: A Student's Guide Isabel Rivers No preview available - 1994 |
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