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Renaissance and Reformations: An Introduction to Early Modern English Literature
Michael Hattaway
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Description for Renaissance and Reformations: An Introduction to Early Modern English Literature
Paperback. This volume offers a description of early modern habits of writing and reading, of publication and stage performance, and of political and religious writing. An introduction to early modern English literature for students and general readers. Series: Blackwell Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 264 pages, 6. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 378.
This volume offers a description of early modern habits of writing and reading, of publication and stage performance, and of political and religious writing.
This volume offers a description of early modern habits of writing and reading, of publication and stage performance, and of political and religious writing.
- An introduction to early modern English literature for students and general readers.
- Considers the ways in which early modern writers construct the past, recover and adapt classical genres, write about people and places, and tackle religious and secular controversies.
- Illustrated with a profusion of excerpts from early modern texts.
- Writers represented include More, Erasmus, Spenser, Marlowe, Shakespeare, Donne, and Milton, as well as less well known authors.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Series
Blackwell Introductions to Literature
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United States
ISBN
9781405100458
SKU
V9781405100458
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99-50
About Michael Hattaway
Michael Hattaway is Professor of English Literature at the University of Sheffield. He is the author of Elizabethan Popular Theatre (1982) and Hamlet: The Critics Debate (1987), the editor of As You Like It and Henry VI Parts I–III for the New Cambridge Shakespeare, and also of A Companion to English Renaissance Literature and Culture (2000), The Cambridge Companion to ... Read more
Reviews for Renaissance and Reformations: An Introduction to Early Modern English Literature
"A wonderful, bracing guide to Early Modern literature and culture. I admire Hattaway's deftness and skill at marking out the boundaries and illuminating what would otherwise lurk in the darkness." Stephen Greenblatt "A cliché-free zone, a most refreshing read for students as well as teachers." Sederi "Renaissance and Reformations is an extraordinary achievement: Michael Hattaway's ... Read more