Classical and Christian Ideas in English Renaissance Poetry

Isabel Rivers

ISBN 10: 0048070033 / ISBN 13: 9780048070036

Published by Unwin Hyman May 1979, 1979

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Classical and Christian Ideas in English Renaissance Poetry
• Publisher: Unwin Hyman May 1979
• Publication Date: 1979
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0048070033
• ISBN 13: 9780048070036
• Binding: Paper Back
• Edition: 5th or later Edition
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Lit Crit::Author

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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.