A Companion to English Renaissance Literature and Culture - Couverture rigide

Hattaway, Michael

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0631216685 ISBN 13 : 9780631216681

Editeur : Blackwell Publishers, 2001

Synopsis

In this comprehensive Companion over fifty of the most eminent modern scholars come together to offer an original and far-reaching survey of English Renaissance literature and culture. The first part of the volume considers pertinent issues such as humanism, English reformations, the development of the language, court culture and playhouses, in terms of the way in which these aspects of Renaissance culture influenced literary production. There are provocative essays on canonical genres such as love poetry and Jacobean tragedy, but also accounts of popular and occasional drama and verse, and the visual arts. The Companion also approaches key texts of the period through a number of new readings, providing original perspectives and positions on both canonical and non-canonical texts. The essays include a range of approaches to a variety of texts from The Spanish Tragedy and The Faerie Queen to 'Tis Pity She's a Whore, the poems of Lady Mary Wroth, and a selection of critical elegies. In the final section, the book moves on to explore contemporary debates in Renaissance studies such as feminism, sexuality, historicism, and nation. This Companion is the only book of its kind to travel beyond the stage and is an invaluable guide for both student and teacher.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Michael Hattaway, is Professor of English at Sheffield University. He is editor of the Cambridge Companion to English Renaissance Drama.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Blackwell Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0631216685
• ISBN 13: 9780631216681
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 792
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible