Literature and Learning in Medieval and Renaissance England: Essays Presented to Fitzroy Pyle

Various; John Scattergood [ed.]

Published by Irish Academic Press, County Dublin, 1984

About this Item

A bright first edition of these essays discussing a variety of major medieval and renaissance English writers. First edition.With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.With a frontispiece and two full page illustrations. Collated, complete.A collection of ten essays that offer a detailed approach of major medieval and renaissance authors such as Shakespeare, Chaucer and Donne, through scholarly knowledge of the historical, philosophical and ethical contexts in which their works were produced.Includes 'Shakespeare's Alterations in Hamlet' by Philip Edwards and 'The Freedom of the Lovers in Troilus and Criseyde' by Gerald Morgan, among others.Edited and contributed by John Scattergood, Professor of Medieval and Renaissance English at Trinity College Dublin and the author of many articles on Middle English and renaissance literature. In the original cloth binding. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with shelf wear only. Dust wrapper is very smart, with minor edge wear and marks to the wrap. Slight sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Near Fine.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Literature and Learning in Medieval and Renaissance England: Essays Presented to Fitzroy Pyle
• Publisher: Irish Academic Press, County Dublin
• Publication Date: 1984
• Binding: Cloth
• Illustrator: Not Stated
• Edition: First edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Indeed
• Book Type: book