Classical and Christian Ideas in English Renaissance Poetry

Rivers, Isabel

ISBN 10: 0415106478 / ISBN 13: 9780415106474

Published by Routledge, 1994

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Classical and Christian Ideas in English Renaissance Poetry
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415106478
• ISBN 13: 9780415106474
• Binding: paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Acceptable

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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.

About the Author

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