Classical and Christian Ideas in English Renaissance Poetry (Paperback)

Queen Mary University of London Isabel Rivers; Isabel Rivers
Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
9780415106474
0-415-10647-8

Since publication in 1979 Isabel Rivers' sourcebook has established itself as the essential guide to English Renaissance poetry. It: provides an account of the main classical and Christian ideas, outlining.

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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; includes suggestions for further reading, and an invaluable bibliographical appendix.