Classical and Christian ideas in English Renaissance poetry :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
a student's guide /
First Statement of Responsibility
Isabel Rivers.
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
2nd ed.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Routledge,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1994.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (vii, 233 pages)
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
The golden age and the garden of eden -- The pagan gods -- Platonism and neoplatonism -- Stoicism -- Views of history -- Cosmology -- Reformation and counter-reformation -- Protestant theology -- Humanism -- BIblical exegesis and typology -- Theories of poetry -- Allegory -- Numerology.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
"Since its first publication Isabel Rivers' sourcebook has established itself as the essential student 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; and includes suggestions for further reading, and an invaluable bibliographical appendix. In this new edition, the bibliographies have been updated to take account of important recent publications in philosophy, religion and Renaissance studies."--Jacket.
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Title
Classical and Christian ideas in English Renaissance poetry.
TITLE USED AS SUBJECT
Bible-- In literature.
Bible.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Christian poetry, English-- History and criticism.
Christianity and literature.
Classicism-- England.
English poetry-- Classical influences.
English poetry-- Early modern, 1500-1700-- History and criticism.