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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... thought it necessary to bring the bibliographical sections up to date. I have partly rewritten the Introduction, but otherwise the structure, the introductory chapters, and the collections of extracts remain unchanged, except for some ...
... thought it necessary to bring the bibliographical sections up to date. I have partly rewritten the Introduction, but otherwise the structure, the introductory chapters, and the collections of extracts remain unchanged, except for some ...
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... thought, psychology, rhetoric and most aspects of the occult, but I hope that this decision has allowed me to give adequate representation to those subjects I have considered most important. Each chapter is divided into three parts: (1) ...
... thought, psychology, rhetoric and most aspects of the occult, but I hope that this decision has allowed me to give adequate representation to those subjects I have considered most important. Each chapter is divided into three parts: (1) ...
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... thought, nor do I believe that it can be done. Ideas expressed in works of literature are not the same as ideas tested for their own sake. Renaissance poets freely explored and amalgamated ideas which in themselves are contradictory ...
... thought, nor do I believe that it can be done. Ideas expressed in works of literature are not the same as ideas tested for their own sake. Renaissance poets freely explored and amalgamated ideas which in themselves are contradictory ...
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... thought, When yet I had not walked above A mile, or two, from my first love, And looking back (at that short space), Could see a glimpse of his bright face; When on some gilded cloud, or flower My gazing soul would dwell an hour, And in ...
... thought, When yet I had not walked above A mile, or two, from my first love, And looking back (at that short space), Could see a glimpse of his bright face; When on some gilded cloud, or flower My gazing soul would dwell an hour, And in ...
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... thought, though both kinds of earthly paradise, past and present, Eden and the promised land, are good in themselves, they are ultimately foreshadowings of the future heavenly paradise, which in spite of its name is usually envisaged as ...
... thought, though both kinds of earthly paradise, past and present, Eden and the promised land, are good in themselves, they are ultimately foreshadowings of the future heavenly paradise, which in spite of its name is usually envisaged as ...
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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