CLASSICAL AND CHRISTIAN IDEAS IN ENGLISH RENAISSANCE POETRY by Isabel Rivers ( 9780415106474 )

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CLASSICAL AND CHRISTIAN IDEAS IN ENGLISH RENAISSANCE POETRY
A STUDENTS' GUIDE

By:

Isabel Rivers

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Paperback

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0415106478

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TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

8 December, 1994

Edition:

2nd Revised edition

Pages:

244

Description:

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.

Synopsis:

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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