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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... mind. In my attempt to synthesise and clarify large and often complex areas of knowledge I have drawn freely on the work of scholars in a number of fields relevant to Renaissance studies. The way in which I have chosen to organise the ...
... mind. In my attempt to synthesise and clarify large and often complex areas of knowledge I have drawn freely on the work of scholars in a number of fields relevant to Renaissance studies. The way in which I have chosen to organise the ...
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... minds; they do not ask the same metaphysical or moral or aesthetic questions; though they may use the same vocabulary, they ... mind of the past; it is limiting, in that it restricts the amount of a work that modern readers can grasp; by ...
... minds; they do not ask the same metaphysical or moral or aesthetic questions; though they may use the same vocabulary, they ... mind of the past; it is limiting, in that it restricts the amount of a work that modern readers can grasp; by ...
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... mind worked. In order to illustrate ways in which this book may be of use, I give below four examples of well-known passages from Renaissance poems which require some knowledge of their intellectual context to make them comprehensible ...
... mind worked. In order to illustrate ways in which this book may be of use, I give below four examples of well-known passages from Renaissance poems which require some knowledge of their intellectual context to make them comprehensible ...
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... mind; the paradise that is regained is only the latter. The mount of paradise is washed away in the Flood, never to be found again; the new earthly paradise, as Michael explains to Adam, is to be an inner one (11,12). Christ creates a ...
... mind; the paradise that is regained is only the latter. The mount of paradise is washed away in the Flood, never to be found again; the new earthly paradise, as Michael explains to Adam, is to be an inner one (11,12). Christ creates a ...
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... mind and body, and an effortless observance of the commandment. Augustine City of God XIV xxvi 10 Thus was this place, A happy rural seat of various view; Groves whose rich trees wept odorous gums and balm, Others whose fruit burnished ...
... mind and body, and an effortless observance of the commandment. Augustine City of God XIV xxvi 10 Thus was this place, A happy rural seat of various view; Groves whose rich trees wept odorous gums and balm, Others whose fruit burnished ...
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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