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Shakespeare'S Alternative Tales

by Leah Scragg

45,04€ + 10% CARD

 This study examines the background to the well-known tales that Shakespeare used in his plays, describing their conventional use and then showing how Shakespeare deliberately subverted the motifs in order to challenge audience preconceptions.
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Shakespeare'S Alternative Tales

by Leah Scragg

45,04€ + 10% CARD

 This study examines the background to the well-known tales that Shakespeare used in his plays, describing their conventional use and then showing how Shakespeare deliberately subverted the motifs in order to challenge audience preconceptions.
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A New Introduction To Chaucer

by D. S. Brewer

197,36€ + 10% CARD

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 In this completely re-written edition, Professor Brewer has taken into account recent literary criticism, both challenging new ideas and using them to analyse Chaucer's work. He has also included a more detailed account of The Book of the Duchess.
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Shakespeare'S Alternative Tales

by Leah Scragg

197,36€ + 10% CARD

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 This study examines the background to the well-known tales that Shakespeare used in his plays, describing their conventional use and then showing how Shakespeare deliberately subverted the motifs in order to challenge audience preconceptions.
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Donne'S Religious Writing - A Discourse Of Feigned Devotion

by P. M. Oliver

270,38€ + 10% CARD

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 Offers an introduction to the entire canon of John Donne's religious writing, seeking to make its political and theological context fully accessible. This text focuses on the precise historical and political circumstances of Donne's life, and examines his prose works, essays and sermons.
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Elizabethan Humanism - Literature And Learning In The Later Sixteenth Century

by Michael Pincombe

78,16€ + 10% CARD

 The term ''humanist'' originally referred to a scholar of Classical literature. In the Renaissance and particularly in the Elizabethan age, European intellectuals devoted themselves to the rediscovery and study of Roman and Greek literature and culture. This trend of Renaissance thought became known in the 19th century as ''humanism''. Often a difficult concept to understand, the term Elizabethan Humanism is introduced in Part One and explained in a number of different contexts. Part Two illustrates how knowledge of humanism allows a clearer understanding of Elizabethan literature, by looking closely at major texts of the Elizabethan period which include Spenser''s, ''The Shepherd''s Calendar''; Marlowe''s ''Faustus'' and Shakespeare''s ''Hamlet''.
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Elizabethan Humanism - Literature And Learning In The Later Sixteenth Century

by Michael Pincombe

78,16€ + 10% CARD

 The term ''humanist'' originally referred to a scholar of Classical literature. In the Renaissance and particularly in the Elizabethan age, European intellectuals devoted themselves to the rediscovery and study of Roman and Greek literature and culture. This trend of Renaissance thought became known in the 19th century as ''humanism''. Often a difficult concept to understand, the term Elizabethan Humanism is introduced in Part One and explained in a number of different contexts. Part Two illustrates how knowledge of humanism allows a clearer understanding of Elizabethan literature, by looking closely at major texts of the Elizabethan period which include Spenser''s,Â ''The Shepherd''s Calendar''; Marlowe''s ''Faustus'' and Shakespeare''s ''Hamlet''.
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Introduction To The Gawain-Poet

by Ad Putter

78,16€ + 10% CARD

 The late 14th century produced a crop of brilliant writers: Chaucer, Langland and Gower. Their achievement was rivalled only by a series of four works generally agreed to have been written by a single northern author, known as the Gawain-Poet. This book introduces the reader to the Gawain-poet''s four surviving works: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Patience, Pearl and Cleanness. The four poems are made accessible to the student by setting them in their relevant historical and cultural context and by developing some lines of critical argument. All studies are based on the author''s own research and translations.
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Introduction To The Gawain-Poet

by Ad Putter

78,16€ + 10% CARD

 The late 14th century produced a crop of brilliant writers: Chaucer, Langland and Gower. Their achievement was rivalled only by a series of four works generally agreed to have been written by a single northern author, known as the Gawain-Poet. This book introduces the reader to the Gawain-poet''s four surviving works: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Patience, Pearl and Cleanness. The four poems are made accessible to the student by setting them in their relevant historical and cultural context and by developing some lines of critical argument. All studies are based on the author''s own research and translations.
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Donne'S Religious Writing - A Discourse Of Feigned Devotion

by P. M. Oliver

70,21€ + 10% CARD

 Offers an introduction to the entire canon of John Donne's religious writing, seeking to make its political and theological context fully accessible. This text focuses on the precise historical and political circumstances of Donne's life, and examines his prose works, essays and sermons.
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Donne'S Religious Writing - A Discourse Of Feigned Devotion

by P. M. Oliver

70,21€ + 10% CARD

 Offers an introduction to the entire canon of John Donne's religious writing, seeking to make its political and theological context fully accessible. This text focuses on the precise historical and political circumstances of Donne's life, and examines his prose works, essays and sermons.
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Women And Dramatic Production 1550 - 1700

by Alison Findlay, Gweno Williams e Stephanie Wright

96,71€ + 10% CARD

 There is a traditional view that women were absent from the field of dramatic production in the early modern period because of their exclusion from professional theatre. Women and Dramatic Production 1550-1700 challenges this view and breaks new ground in arguing that, far from writing in closeted retreat, a select number of women took an active part in directing and controlling dramatic self-representations.Examining texts from the mid-sixteenth century through to the end of the seventeenth, the chapters trace the development of a women-centred aesthetic in a variety of dramatic forms. Plays by noblewomen such as Mary Sidney, Elizabeth Cary, Mary Wroth, Rachel Fane and the women of the Cavendish family, form an alternative dramatic tradition centred on the household. The powerful directorial and performative roles played by queens in royal progresses and masques are explored as examples of women''s dramatic production in the royal court.The book also highlights women''s performances in alternative venues, such as the courtroom and the pulpit, arguing that the practices of martyrs like Margaret Clitherow or visionaries like Anna Trapnel call into question traditional definitions of theatre. The challenges faced by women who were admitted to the professional theatre companies after 1660 are explored in two chapters which deal with the plays of Katherine Philips, Elizabeth Polwhele, Aphra Behn, and Mary Pix, among others.By considering the theatrical dimensions of a wide range of early modern women''s writing, this book reveals the breathtaking panorama of women''s dramatic production and will be essential reading for students of women''s writing and renaissance drama.
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Women And Dramatic Production 1550 - 1700

by Alison Findlay, Gweno Williams e Stephanie Wright

96,71€ + 10% CARD

 There is a traditional view that women were absent from the field of dramatic production in the early modern period because of their exclusion from professional theatre. Women and Dramatic Production 1550-1700 challenges this view and breaks new ground in arguing that, far from writing in closeted retreat, a select number of women took an active part in directing and controlling dramatic self-representations.Examining texts from the mid-sixteenth century through to the end of the seventeenth, the chapters trace the development of a women-centred aesthetic in a variety of dramatic forms. Plays by noblewomen such as Mary Sidney, Elizabeth Cary, Mary Wroth, Rachel Fane and the women of the Cavendish family, form an alternative dramatic tradition centred on the household. The powerful directorial and performative roles played by queens in royal progresses and masques are explored as examples of women''s dramatic production in the royal court.The book also highlights women''s performances in alternative venues, such as the courtroom and the pulpit, arguing that the practices of martyrs like Margaret Clitherow or visionaries like Anna Trapnel call into question traditional definitions of theatre. The challenges faced by women who were admitted to the professional theatre companies after 1660 are explored in two chapters which deal with the plays of Katherine Philips, Elizabeth Polwhele, Aphra Behn, and Mary Pix, among others.By considering the theatrical dimensions of a wide range of early modern women''s writing, this book reveals the breathtaking panorama of women''s dramatic production and will be essential reading for students of women''s writing and renaissance drama.
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Marvell - The Writer In Public Life

by Annabel M. Patterson

21,19€ + 10% CARD

 Marvell: The Writer in Public Life is substantially revised from Professor Patterson''s well received 1978 study, including a new introduction and new chapter on Marvell and secret history. This important study provides an up to date perspective on a writer still thought of merely as the author of lyric and pastoral poems. It looks at both Marvell''s political poetry and his often neglected political prose, revealing Marvell''s life long commitment to writing about the values and standards of public life and follows his often dangerous writerly activities on behalf of freedom of conscience and constitutional government.
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Marvell - The Writer In Public Life

by Annabel M. Patterson

21,19€ + 10% CARD

 Marvell: The Writer in Public Life is substantially revised from Professor Patterson''s well received 1978 study, including a new introduction and new chapter on Marvell and secret history. This important study provides an up to date perspective on a writer still thought of merely as the author of lyric and pastoral poems. It looks at both Marvell''s political poetry and his often neglected political prose, revealing Marvell''s life long commitment to writing about the values and standards of public life and follows his often dangerous writerly activities on behalf of freedom of conscience and constitutional government.
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English And Italian Literature From Dante To Shakespeare - A Study Of Source, Analogue And Divergence

by Robin Kirkpatrick

92,74€ + 10% CARD

 This is the first comprehensive critical comparison of English and Italian literature from the three centuries from Dante to Shakespeare. It begins by examining Chaucer''s relationship with Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio, and then looks at similar relationships within the areas of humanist education, lyric poetry, the epic, theatrical comedy, the short story and the pastoral drama. It provides a detailed comparison of major works from both traditions including descriptive and critical readings of Italian works. It shows why English writers valued such works and demonstrates the ways in which they departed from or tried to outdo the Italian original. Assuming no prior knowledge of Italy or Italian literary history, this book introduces the student and general reader to one of the most important and fascinating phases in European literary history.
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English And Italian Literature From Dante To Shakespeare - A Study Of Source, Analogue And Divergence

by Robin Kirkpatrick

92,74€ + 10% CARD

 This is the first comprehensive critical comparison of English and Italian literature from the three centuries from Dante to Shakespeare. It begins by examining Chaucer''s relationship with Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio, and then looks at similar relationships within the areas of humanist education, lyric poetry, the epic, theatrical comedy, the short story and the pastoral drama. It provides a detailed comparison of major works from both traditions including descriptive and critical readings of Italian works. It shows why English writers valued such works and demonstrates the ways in which they departed from or tried to outdo the Italian original. Assuming no prior knowledge of Italy or Italian literary history, this book introduces the student and general reader to one of the most important and fascinating phases in European literary history.
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New Introduction To Chaucer

by D. S. Brewer

86,11€ + 10% CARD

 In this completely re-written edition, Professor Brewer has taken into account recent literary criticism, both challenging new ideas and using them to analyse Chaucer's work. He has also included a more detailed account of The Book of the Duchess.
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New Introduction To Chaucer

by D. S. Brewer

86,11€ + 10% CARD

 In this completely re-written edition, Professor Brewer has taken into account recent literary criticism, both challenging new ideas and using them to analyse Chaucer's work. He has also included a more detailed account of The Book of the Duchess.
ENGLISH

Shakespeare'S Sonnets And Narrative Poems

by A. D. Cousins

78,16€ + 10% CARD

 Alongside Spenser, Sidney and the early Donne, Shakespeare is the major poet of the 16th century, largely because of the status of his remarkable sequence of sonnets. Professor Cousins'' new book is the first comprehensive study of the Sonnets and narrative poems for over a decade. He focuses in particular on their exploration of self-knowledge, sexuality, and death, as well as on their ambiguous figuring of gender. Throughout he provides a comparative context, looking at the work of Shakespeare''s contemporaries. The relation between Shakespeare''s non-dramatic verse and his plays is also explored.
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Shakespeare'S Sonnets And Narrative Poems

by A. D. Cousins

78,16€ + 10% CARD

 Alongside Spenser, Sidney and the early Donne, Shakespeare is the major poet of the 16th century, largely because of the status of his remarkable sequence of sonnets. Professor Cousins'' new book is the first comprehensive study of the Sonnets and narrative poems for over a decade. He focuses in particular on their exploration of self-knowledge, sexuality, and death, as well as on their ambiguous figuring of gender. Throughout he provides a comparative context, looking at the work of Shakespeare''s contemporaries. The relation between Shakespeare''s non-dramatic verse and his plays is also explored.
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Metaphysical Poets

by David Reid

78,16€ + 10% CARD

 The Metaphysical Poets provides an introduction to the work of six strikingly various and original poets- Donne, Herbert, Crashaw, Vaughan, Marvell and Traherne. By closely examining how the poems work, the book aims to help readers at all stages of proficiency and knowledge to enjoy and critically appreciate the ways in which fantastic and elaborate styles may express private intensities.The emphasis is on the differences covered by the term ''Metaphysical'' and on the rich and strange diversity of the poets'' inner lives. The book examines the expressive forms of interiority, the characteristic inward turn of Metaphysical wit, and compares the wit of its six poets with the non-introspective wit of poets such as Cowley, the Cavaliers and the Augustans.The discussion of each poet is preceded by a ''Life'' in which the biographical facts, personal, cultural and political, are treated with a view to illuminating the concerns of the poems.
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Metaphysical Poets

by David Reid

78,16€ + 10% CARD

 The Metaphysical Poets provides an introduction to the work of six strikingly various and original poets- Donne, Herbert, Crashaw, Vaughan, Marvell and Traherne. By closely examining how the poems work, the book aims to help readers at all stages of proficiency and knowledge to enjoy and critically appreciate the ways in which fantastic and elaborate styles may express private intensities.The emphasis is on the differences covered by the term ''Metaphysical'' and on the rich and strange diversity of the poets'' inner lives. The book examines the expressive forms of interiority, the characteristic inward turn of Metaphysical wit, and compares the wit of its six poets with the non-introspective wit of poets such as Cowley, the Cavaliers and the Augustans.The discussion of each poet is preceded by a ''Life'' in which the biographical facts, personal, cultural and political, are treated with a view to illuminating the concerns of the poems.
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Spirit Of Medieval English Popular Romance

83,46€ + 10% CARD

 The Middle English popular romances enjoyed a wide appeal in later medieval Britain, and even today students of medieval literature will encounter examples of the genre, such as Sir Orfeo, Sir Tristrem, and Sir Launfal. This collection of twelve specially commissioned essays is designed to meet the need for a stimulating guide to the genre. Each essay introduces one popular romance, setting it in its literary and historical contexts, and develops an original interpretation that reveals the possibilities that popular romances offer for modern literary criticism. A substantial introduction by the editors discusses the production and transmission of popular romances in the Middle Ages, and considers the modern reception of popular romance and the interpretative challenges offered by new theoretical approaches.Accessible to advanced students of English, this book is also of interest to those working in the field of medieval studies, comparative literature, and popular culture.
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