Elizabethan and Jacobean England: Sources and Documents of the English Renaissance - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1405149671 ISBN 13 : 9781405149679

Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010

Synopsis

Through a combination of original essays and primary source material, Elizabethan and Jacobean England records the transformative changes that defined English society during the Renaissance.

• Combines original source documents with critical essays to chart the transformative changes in English society from the accession of Elizabeth I in 1558, to the end of the reign of James I in 1625
• Brings together a variety of source material including new public and private documents, providing a vivid portrait of life in late Tudor and early Stuart England
• Features newly commissioned essays by leading scholars, which assist readers in navigating and interpreting the source material
• Accessibly structured into sections covering government, society, economics, literary arts, religion, and learning; with contextual introductions included at the start of each
• Challenges readers to confront their assumptions about Renaissance literature, as well as to consider problems of evidence and interpretation, new theories, and methodologies

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Arthur F. Kinney is Thomas W. Copeland Professor of Literary History at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, and Director of the Massachusetts Center for Renaissance Studies. He is editor of the journal English Literary Renaissance, the author of Shakespeare by Stages (2003), and the editor of A Companion to Renaissance Drama (2002), and Renaissance Drama: An Anthology, 2e (2004), all published by Wiley-Blackwell.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wiley-Blackwell
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1405149671
• ISBN 13: 9781405149679
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 756
• Éditeur: Kinney Arthur F.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible