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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Isabel Rivers. Contents. Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the First Edition Introduction: Renaissance Poetry and Modern Readers 1 1 The Golden Age and the Garden of Eden 9 2 The Pagan Gods 3 Platonism and Neoplatonism 4 Stoicism 5 ...
Isabel Rivers. Contents. Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the First Edition Introduction: Renaissance Poetry and Modern Readers 1 1 The Golden Age and the Garden of Eden 9 2 The Pagan Gods 3 Platonism and Neoplatonism 4 Stoicism 5 ...
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... Introduction, but otherwise the structure, the introductory chapters, and the collections of extracts remain unchanged, except for some minor corrections. I have added a new paragraph to each of the sections under Further Reading ...
... Introduction, but otherwise the structure, the introductory chapters, and the collections of extracts remain unchanged, except for some minor corrections. I have added a new paragraph to each of the sections under Further Reading ...
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... translated by Henry Bettenson, and Ovid, Metamorphoses, translated by Mary M.Innes. ISABEL RIVERS LEICESTER, DECEMBER 1977 x Introduction: Renaissance Poetry and Modern Readers Modern readers approach Preface to the First Edition.
... translated by Henry Bettenson, and Ovid, Metamorphoses, translated by Mary M.Innes. ISABEL RIVERS LEICESTER, DECEMBER 1977 x Introduction: Renaissance Poetry and Modern Readers Modern readers approach Preface to the First Edition.
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Isabel Rivers. x Introduction: Renaissance Poetry and Modern Readers Modern readers approach Renaissance.
Isabel Rivers. x Introduction: Renaissance Poetry and Modern Readers Modern readers approach Renaissance.
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Isabel Rivers. Introduction: Renaissance. Poetry. and. Modern. Readers. Modern readers approach Renaissance poetry severely handicapped. They do not share the intellectual preconceptions of ... Introduction: Renaissance Poetry and Modern ...
Isabel Rivers. Introduction: Renaissance. Poetry. and. Modern. Readers. Modern readers approach Renaissance poetry severely handicapped. They do not share the intellectual preconceptions of ... Introduction: Renaissance Poetry and Modern ...
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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