Author: Nick Groom Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 9780198184591 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 310
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Percy's Reliques is the seminal collection of historical and lyrical ballads that defined English literature at the end of the 18th century. This study examines his working methods.
Author: William Hughes Publisher: Manchester University Press ISBN: 1526120100 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 213
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Suicide and the Gothic is the first study of the representation of suicide in Gothic texts from the eighteenth century to the present. Poems, short stories, novels, films and video games are covered from European, American and Asian contexts.
Author: Bertram Hylton Davis Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary Collection ISBN: Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 384
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This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.
Author: Anne Ferry Publisher: Stanford University Press ISBN: 9780804742351 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 318
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A theoretical, historical, and critical inquiry, this book looks at the assumptions anthologies are predicated on, how they are put together, the treatment of the poems in them, and the effects their presentations have on their readers.
Author: Catherine Bates Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 1118585194 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 671
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The most comprehensive collection of essays on Renaissance poetry on the market Covering the period 1520–1680, A Companion to Renaissance Poetry offers 46 essays which present an in-depth account of the context, production, and interpretation of early modern British poetry. It provides students with a deep appreciation for, and sensitivity toward, the ways in which poets of the period understood and fashioned a distinctly vernacular voice, while engaging them with some of the debates and departures that are currently animating the discipline. A Companion to Renaissance Poetry analyzes the historical, cultural, political, and religious background of the time, addressing issues such as education, translation, the Reformation, theorizations of poetry, and more. The book immerses readers in non-dramatic poetry from Wyatt to Milton, focusing on the key poetic genres—epic, lyric, complaint, elegy, epistle, pastoral, satire, and religious poetry. It also offers an inclusive account of the poetic production of the period by canonical and less canonical writers, female and male. Finally, it offers examples of current developments in the interpretation of Renaissance poetry, including economic, ecological, scientific, materialist, and formalist approaches. • Covers a wide selection of authors and texts • Features contributions from notable authors, scholars, and critics across the globe • Offers a substantial section on recent and developing approaches to reading Renaissance poetry A Companion to Renaissance Poetry is an ideal resource for all students and scholars of the literature and culture of the Renaissance period.
Author: Rudyard Kipling Publisher: New York : Doubleday, Page ISBN: Category : Great Britain Languages : en Pages : 302
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Dan and Una perform their shortened version of A midsummer night's dream and accidentally conjure up Puck. For many afternoons Puck brings them the bold adventurers who made their fortunes and left their marks everywhere on the English countryside.
Author: Nick Groom
Author: Thomas Percy
Author: William Hughes
Author: Bertram Hylton Davis
Author: Sir Walter Scott
Author: Anne Ferry
Author: K. K. Ruthven
Author: Arthur Quiller- Couch
Author: Catherine Bates
Author: Rudyard Kipling