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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... death, and souls departed but the shadows of the living: All things fall under this name. The sun itself is but the dark simulacrum [i.e. image], and light but the shadow of God. (For Platonism see Chapter 3, for Biblical exegesis ...
... death, and souls departed but the shadows of the living: All things fall under this name. The sun itself is but the dark simulacrum [i.e. image], and light but the shadow of God. (For Platonism see Chapter 3, for Biblical exegesis ...
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... death. In classical culture this period was known as the golden age. The idea goes back to a very early Greek poem, Hesiod's Works and Days, which describes five races of men succeeding one another chronologically: golden (ideal) ...
... death. In classical culture this period was known as the golden age. The idea goes back to a very early Greek poem, Hesiod's Works and Days, which describes five races of men succeeding one another chronologically: golden (ideal) ...
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... Death came to them as sleep, and all good things Were theirs: ungrudgingly, the fertile land Gave up her fruits unasked. Happy to be At peace, they lived with every want supplied, Rich in their flocks, dear to the blessed gods. Hesiod ...
... Death came to them as sleep, and all good things Were theirs: ungrudgingly, the fertile land Gave up her fruits unasked. Happy to be At peace, they lived with every want supplied, Rich in their flocks, dear to the blessed gods. Hesiod ...
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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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