York Notes Companions Renaissance Poetry And Prose
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York Notes Companions Renaissance Poetry and Prose
Author | : June Waudby |
Publsiher | : Pearson UK |
Total Pages | : 325 |
Release | : 2014-08-28 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9781292003900 |
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Renaissance Poetry and Prose
Author | : June Waudby |
Publsiher | : Longman Publishing Group |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : English literature |
ISBN | : 1408204789 |
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A fresh and exciting approach to the poetry and prose of the Renaissance which discusses the best-known writers and poets of the age - Shakespeare, Milton, Spenser and Donne - alongside writers much newer to the canon, such as Mary Sidney, Anne Locke and Aemilia Lanyer. The cultural context of the period is covered extensively in chapters focusing on religion, exploration and gender, and relevant modern critical theory is integrated throughout.
York Notes Companions Victorian Literature
Author | : Beth Palmer |
Publsiher | : Pearson UK |
Total Pages | : 398 |
Release | : 2014-08-28 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9781292003887 |
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An accessible and wide-ranging introduction to the era, this Companion explores influential dramatic works by Ibsen, Shaw and Wilde; the poetry of mourning; novelistic genres, including social problem novels and sensation fiction; and the literature of the fin de siècle’s aesthetes and decadents. Cultural and historical debates – focussing on empire, national identity, science and evolution, print culture and gender – supply essential context alongside discussion of relevant critical theory.
York Notes Companions Gothic Literature
Author | : Susan Chaplin |
Publsiher | : Pearson UK |
Total Pages | : 392 |
Release | : 2014-08-28 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9781292003849 |
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An exploration of Gothic literature from its origins in Horace Walpole’s 1764 classic The Castle of Otranto, through Romantic and Victorian Gothic to modernist and postmodernist takes on the form. The volume surveys key debates such as Female Gothic, the Gothic narrator and nation and empire, and focuses on a wide range of texts including The Mysteries of Udolpho, Frankenstein, Jane Eyre, Dracula, The Magic Toyshop and The Shining.
York Notes Companions Medieval Literature
Author | : Carole Maddern |
Publsiher | : Pearson UK |
Total Pages | : 444 |
Release | : 2014-08-28 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9781292003825 |
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This volume spans five centuries of post-Conquest literature, written at a time in which enormous social, political and linguistic changes transformed life in Britain. Medieval genres such as Arthurian romance, lyrics, dream narratives and mystery plays are brought to life and accompanied by discussions of key debates such as “Gender and Power”, “The Emergent Individual” and “Society and Class”. Bringing together historical contexts and critical theory, this is essential reading for any student of medieval literature.
A Companion to Renaissance Poetry
Author | : Catherine Bates |
Publsiher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 680 |
Release | : 2018-01-09 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9781118585122 |
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The most comprehensive collection of essays on Renaissance poetry on the market Covering the period 1520–1680, A Companion to Renaissance Poetry offers 46 essays which present an in-depth account of the context, production, and interpretation of early modern British poetry. It provides students with a deep appreciation for, and sensitivity toward, the ways in which poets of the period understood and fashioned a distinctly vernacular voice, while engaging them with some of the debates and departures that are currently animating the discipline. A Companion to Renaissance Poetry analyzes the historical, cultural, political, and religious background of the time, addressing issues such as education, translation, the Reformation, theorizations of poetry, and more. The book immerses readers in non-dramatic poetry from Wyatt to Milton, focusing on the key poetic genres—epic, lyric, complaint, elegy, epistle, pastoral, satire, and religious poetry. It also offers an inclusive account of the poetic production of the period by canonical and less canonical writers, female and male. Finally, it offers examples of current developments in the interpretation of Renaissance poetry, including economic, ecological, scientific, materialist, and formalist approaches. • Covers a wide selection of authors and texts • Features contributions from notable authors, scholars, and critics across the globe • Offers a substantial section on recent and developing approaches to reading Renaissance poetry A Companion to Renaissance Poetry is an ideal resource for all students and scholars of the literature and culture of the Renaissance period.
York Notes Companions The Long 18th Century
Author | : Penny Pritchard |
Publsiher | : Pearson UK |
Total Pages | : 359 |
Release | : 2014-08-28 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9781447954828 |
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Renaissance Literature
Author | : John C. Hunter |
Publsiher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 1136 |
Release | : 2009-05-18 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9781405150477 |
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This extensively revised anthology makes available the most important poetry and prose from the period between the accession of Henry VIII in 1509 and the English Revolution of 1640. Responding to the broadening of the canon in recent years, it balances the work of familiar Renaissance figures with important texts by women writers, supported by helpful introductions and annotations. A new edition of this popular anthology, which includes many writings from women and from lesser-known writers, alongside established Renaissance figures Includes work by prominent writers of the period, such as such as Spenser, Shakespeare, and Donne, alongside important texts by women, including Queen Elizabeth I, Lady Mary Wroth, and Elizabeth Cary Brings together a variety of key works of the period, along with introductions and annotations to the texts, reflecting developments in critical and cultural theory and the latest Renaissance scholarship Extensively revised, corrected, and expanded to increase the level of annotation, and to make the volume more user-friendly Now includes a thematic table of contents and timeline, and a substantially expanded introduction to enable students to consider entries more easily in the social, cultural, and historical context of the period