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A Concise Companion to English Renaissance Literature (Concise Companions to Literature and Culture)

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A Concise Companion to English Renaissance Literature (Concise Companions to Literature and Culture)

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September 26, 2006 1405113588 978-1405113588 1
This Concise Companion launches students into the study of English Renaissance literature through the central contexts that informed it.
  • Places the poetry within contexts such as: economics; religion; empire and exploration; education, humanism and rhetoric; censorship and patronage; royal marriage and succession; treason and rebellion; “others” in England; private lives; cosmology and the body; and life-writing.
  • Incorporates recent developments in the field, as well as work soon to be published.
  • Entices students to explore the subject further.
  • Provides new syntheses that will be of interest to scholars.
  • All the contributors are highly regarded scholars and teachers.
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    • Paperback: 288 pages
    • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 1 edition (September 26, 2006)
    • Language: English
    • ISBN-10: 1405113588
    • ISBN-13: 978-1405113588
    • Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 0.9 x 9.1 inches
    • Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

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