The English Renaissance 1500 1620

Author : Andrew Hadfield
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN 13 : 9780631220244
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The English Renaissance 1500-1620 written by Andrew Hadfield and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 2000-12-19 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lively and stimulating book guides students through the historical contexts, key figures, texts, themes and issues in sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century English literature. The English Renaissance, 1500-1620 sets out the historical and cultural contexts of Renaissance England, highlighting the background voices and events which influenced literary production, including the Reformation, the British problem, perceptions of other cultures and the voyages to the Americas. A series of short biographical essays on the key writers of the period explain their significance, and explore a variety of perspectives with which to approach them. In-depth analyses of a number of well-studied texts are also provided, indicating why each text is important and suggesting ways in which each might usefully be read. Texts featured include Astrophil and Stella, Othello, Utopia, Dr Faustus, The Tragedy of Miriam, The Unfortunate Traveller and the Faerie Queene. The volume charts the intricacies of English Renaissance literature, taking in a variety of themes including women, gender and the question of homosexuality; the stage; printing and censorship; humanism and education and rhetoric. Attention is also drawn to current debates in Renaissance criticism such as New Historicism and Cultural Materialism, thus the book provides students with an unparalleled foundation for further study. Fully cross-referenced, with a useful chronology, glossary and suggestions for further reading, this much-needed guide conveys the excitement of reading Renaissance literature.

Author : Jo Carney
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 156750728X
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Renaissance and Reformation, 1500-1620 written by Jo Carney and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2000-10-30 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering the period comprising the Renaissance and Reformation, this volume introduces a unique set of interdisciplinary biographical dictionaries providing basic information on the people who have contributed significantly to the culture of Western civilization. Unlike general dictionaries which focus on political and military figures, this book covers such figures as the religious leaders who contributed to the Reformation, scientists who paved the way for a new view of the universe, and Renaissance painters, sculptors, and architects, as well as writers, musicians, and scholars. While the great personalities are included—Michelangelo, Shakespeare, Galileo—the volume covers lesser known figures as well—the Muslim scholar Leo Africanus, the Flemish geographer-astronomer Gemma Frisius, the English travel writer Thomas Coryate. Although many of the subjects also had political influence, the entries are written to highlight their individual cultural achievement. An exciting, tumultuous, and chaotic age, the years from 1500 to 1620 saw increasing discontent with Catholicism and the beginning of Protestantism with Luther's 95 theses, great strides in the development of the printing press and a resulting increase in literacy, the humanist movement with its emphasis on the arts of antiquity, a proliferation of literature and art inspired by but moving beyond classical forms, and conflict between the triumph of Renaissance culture and the theologians of the Protestant Reformation. The resulting cultural production was astounding. This volume covers those who contributed to the fields of art and architecture, music, philosophy, religion, political and social thought, science, mathematics, literature, history, and education. With over 350 entries written by 72 scholars, the book provides a good basic resource on an exciting age.

Author : John Rigby Hale
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 9780773517653
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book War and Society in Renaissance Europe, 1450-1620 written by John Rigby Hale and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1998 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Covering the years between the end of the Hundred Years War and the beginning of the Thirty Years War, this book explains the part played by war in the lives of individuals in the early modern phase of European history."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780747520528
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Renaissance written by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc and published by . This book was released on 1994-12-01 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Marion Wynne-Davies
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Renaissance written by Marion Wynne-Davies and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to English literature from 1500 to 1660. It combines a series of critical essays on understanding Renaissance literature, Elizabethan and Jacobean drama, Renaissance poetry and the contemporary historical background, with a complimentary A to Z section of detailed entries. This up-to-date alpabetical section includes references to, and bibliographies for major authors, plot summaries and critical discussions of principal works, glossaries of important literary terms, and supplementary theoretical background material. A full chronology is also provided, and comprehensive cross-referencing occurs throughout the book.

Author : Goran Stanivukovic
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 1474419585
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tragedies of the English Renaissance written by Goran Stanivukovic and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2018-11-30 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A survey of modern cinematic and televisual responses to the concept of the golden age

Author : Ingo Berensmeyer
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110444887
Total Pages : 748 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handbook of English Renaissance Literature written by Ingo Berensmeyer and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 748 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook of English Renaissance literature serves as a reference for both students and scholars, introducing recent debates and developments in early modern studies. Using new theoretical perspectives and methodological tools, the volume offers exemplary close readings of canonical and less well-known texts from all significant genres between c. 1480 and 1660. Its systematic chapters address questions about editing Renaissance texts, the role of translation, theatre and drama, life-writing, science, travel and migration, and women as writers, readers and patrons. The book will be of particular interest to those wishing to expand their knowledge of the early modern period beyond Shakespeare.

Author : Jennifer Bowers
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810874288
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Literary Research and the British Renaissance and Early Modern Period written by Jennifer Bowers and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2010-04-13 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide provides the best practices and reference resources, both print and electronic, that can be used in conducting research on literature of the British Renaissance and Early Modern Period. This volume seeks to address specific research characteristics integral to studying the period, including a more inclusive canon and the predominance of Shakespeare.

Author : Boies Penrose
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Travel and Discovery in the Renaissance, 1420-1620 written by Boies Penrose and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Peter Womack
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470779845
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book English Renaissance Drama written by Peter Womack and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book considers the London theatrical culture which took shape in the 1570s and came to an end in 1642. Places emphasis on those plays that are readily available in modern editions and can sometimes to be seen in modern productions, including Shakespeare. Provides students with the historical, literary and theatrical contexts they need to make sense of Renaissance drama. Includes a series of short biographies of playwrights during this period. Features close analyses of more than 20 plays, each of which draws attention to what makes a particular play interesting and identifies relevant critical questions. Examines early modern drama in terms of its characteristic actions, such as cuckolding, flattering, swaggering, going mad, and rising from the dead.