| Sidney to Milton, 1580-1660 2002 Edition Contributor(s): Wynne-Davies, Marion (Author), Wolfreys, Julian (Author) |
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ISBN: 0333696182 ISBN-13: 9780333696187 Publisher: Red Globe Press OUR PRICE: $158.40 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2002 Annotation: This invaluable guide offers readers an accessible and imaginative approach to the literature of early modern Britain. Exploring the poetry, drama, and prose of the period, Marion Wynne-Davies combines theory and practice, providing a helpful introduction to key theoretical concepts and close readings of individual texts by both canonical and less well-known authors. Amongst other things, Wynne-Davies discusses 16th and 17th century poetry in its political and cultural contexts, considers Renaissance drama in terms of performance space, and uses the early modern map to explain the prose works of writers such as Bunyan and Cavendish. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | Poetry - Literary Criticism | Eastern European (see Also Russian & Former Soviet Union) |
| Dewey: 821 |
| LCCN: 2002026766 |
| Series: Transitions |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.8" W x 9" (1.01 lbs) 211 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This invaluable guide offers readers an accessible and imaginative approach to the literature of early modern Britain. Exploring the poetry, drama and prose of the period, Marion Wynne-Davies combines theory and practice, providing a helpful introduction to key theoretical concepts and close readings of individual texts by both canonical and less well-known authors. Amongst other things, Wynne-Davies discusses sixteenth- and seventeenth-century poetry in its political and cultural contexts, considers Renaissance drama in terms of performance space, and uses the early modern map to explain the prose works of writers such as Bunyan and Cavendish. |