Classical and Christian Ideas in English Renaissance Poetry / Edition 2

by Isabel Rivers

Overview

A new introduction and a fully updated bibliography make the second edition of this established text an indispensable resource for students and teachers of English poetry.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	2900415106473
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/08/1994
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	244
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Dr Isabel Rivers is a Fellow and Tutor in English of St Hugh’s College, Oxford.

Table of Contents

Preface to the First Edition Introduction: Renaissance Poetry and Modern Readers 1 The Golden Age and the Garden of Eden 2 The Pagan Gods 3 Platonism and Neoplatonism 4 Stoicism 5 Views of History 6 Cosmology 7 Reformation and Counter-Reformation 8 Protestant Theology 9 Humanism 10 Biblical Exegesis and Typology 11 Theories of Poetry 12 Allegory 13 Numerology