Classical and Christian Ideas in English Renaissance Poetry

Classical and Christian Ideas in English Renaissance Poetry
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Total Pages : 248
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ISBN-10 : 9781134844173
ISBN-13 : 1134844174
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Book Synopsis Classical and Christian Ideas in English Renaissance Poetry by : Isabel Rivers

Download or read book Classical and Christian Ideas in English Renaissance Poetry written by Isabel Rivers and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since publication in 1979 Isabel Rivers' sourcebook has established itself as the essential guide to English Renaissance poetry. It: provides an account of the main classical and Christian ideas, outlining their meaning, their origins and their transmission to the Renaissance; illustrates the ways in which Renaissance poetry drew on classical and Christian ideas; contains extracts from key classical and Christian texts and relates these to the extracts of the English poems which draw on them; includes suggestions for further reading, and an invaluable bibliographical appendix.


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