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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... Early modern, 1500–1700— History and criticism. 2. Christianity and literature 3. Literature and history I. Title 821.ʹ3ʹ 093 PR538.C/78–40853 Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication Data Rivers, Isabel Classical and Christian ...
... Early modern, 1500–1700— History and criticism. 2. Christianity and literature 3. Literature and history I. Title 821.ʹ3ʹ 093 PR538.C/78–40853 Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication Data Rivers, Isabel Classical and Christian ...
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... early centuries of the Church. Second, he was a classical scholar. Latin was the basis of his education. He was widely read in Latin poetry, history and moral philosophy; he had some acquaintance with Greek, though he usually read Greek ...
... early centuries of the Church. Second, he was a classical scholar. Latin was the basis of his education. He was widely read in Latin poetry, history and moral philosophy; he had some acquaintance with Greek, though he usually read Greek ...
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... early days! when I Shined in my angel-infancy. Before I understood this place Appointed for my second race, Or taught my soul to fancy aught But a white, celestial thought, When yet I had not walked above A mile, or two, from my first ...
... early days! when I Shined in my angel-infancy. Before I understood this place Appointed for my second race, Or taught my soul to fancy aught But a white, celestial thought, When yet I had not walked above A mile, or two, from my first ...
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... early Greek poem, Hesiod's Works and Days, which describes five races of men succeeding one another chronologically: golden (ideal), silver (impious), brazen (warlike and cruel), the race of heroes (demigods who approached the ...
... early Greek poem, Hesiod's Works and Days, which describes five races of men succeeding one another chronologically: golden (ideal), silver (impious), brazen (warlike and cruel), the race of heroes (demigods who approached the ...
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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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