Описание: The classical witch and infanticide Medea was a figure of potent interest to early modern English authors, and she was adapted or alluded to by a wealth of major and lesser-known writers in the period, including Shakespeare, Jonson, Spenser, James Shirley
Описание: This study discusses those features of contemporary society which particularly influenced early modern crime reporting, such as attitudes to news, the law and women`s rights, and ideas about the responsibility of the community for keeping order.
Описание: Construction of Textual Authority in German Literature of the Medieval and Early Modern Periods
Автор: Kingsley-Smith Название: Cupid in Early Modern Literature and Culture ISBN: 1107654823 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107654822 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 6653.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Cupid became a popular figure in sixteenth-century England, appearing in drama, paintings and lyric poetry. This book argues that Cupid`s rise to cultural prominence was a response to the Protestant Reformation, and the debates it provoked about the `Catholic` sins of lust and idolatry and the legitimacy of female rule.
Описание: This book provides a fresh perspective on texts by Marlowe, Nashe, Shakespeare, Dekker and Milton by situating them within their historical and theological context. Its interdisciplinary and broad appeal will interest researchers and upper-level students of early modern literature and theatre, religious studies, intellectual history, Jewish studies and biblical studies.
Описание: By examining these competing depictions of combat that coexist in sixteenth-century texts ranging from Arthurian romance to early modern medical texts, this study reveals both the importance of combat in understanding the humanist subject and the contours of the previously neglected pre-modern subject.
Автор: Robinson Название: Islam and Early Modern English Literature ISBN: 1403977933 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781403977939 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 11179.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book traces the process through which authors like Spenser, Shakespeare, and Milton adapted, rewrote, or resisted romance, mapping a world in which new cross-cultural contacts and religious conflicts demanded a rethinking of some of the most fundamental terms of early modern identity.
Автор: Hiscock Название: Reading Memory in Early Modern Literature ISBN: 1107463408 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107463400 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 5069.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Spanning the literary renaissance from the reign of Henry VIII to James I, this study addresses how generations of male and female, courtly and non-courtly writers including Shakespeare, Spenser, Donne and Jonson engaged in the vibrant debate in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries concerning the status and function of memory.
Автор: Perry Название: Literature and Favoritism in Early Modern England ISBN: 0521117321 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521117326 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 5069.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Using analysis of literary texts, this study examines the ideological underpinnings of the heated controversies surrounding powerful royal favorites and the idea of favoritism in the late Elizabethan and early Stuart period. Perry introduces the reader to fresh ways of thinking about the prehistory of English republican thought.
Автор: Seelig Название: Autobiography and Gender in Early Modern Literature ISBN: 0521121647 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521121644 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 5069.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Early modern autobiographies and diaries provide a unique insight into women`s lives and how they represented themselves. Combining a fresh account of the development of autobiography with close reading, this important contribution to the fields of early modern literary studies and gender studies illuminates the interactions between literature and autobiography.
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