Author: Nick Groom
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198184591
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
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.
The Making of Percy's Reliques
Author: Nick Groom
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198184591
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198184591
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
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.
Reliques of Ancient English Poetry
Author: Thomas Percy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ballads, English
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ballads, English
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
Suicide and the Gothic
Author: William Hughes
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1526120100
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1526120100
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
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.
Thomas Percy
Author: Bertram Hylton Davis
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary Collection
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
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.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary Collection
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
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.
Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border
Author: Walter Scott
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1425011136
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1425011136
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
The Ultimate Experience
Author: Y. Harari
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230583881
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
For millennia, war was viewed as a supreme test. In the period 1750-1850 war became much more than a test: it became a secular revelation. This new understanding of war as revelation completely transformed Western war culture, revolutionizing politics, the personal experience of war, the status of common soldiers, and the tenets of military theory.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230583881
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
For millennia, war was viewed as a supreme test. In the period 1750-1850 war became much more than a test: it became a secular revelation. This new understanding of war as revelation completely transformed Western war culture, revolutionizing politics, the personal experience of war, the status of common soldiers, and the tenets of military theory.
Tradition and the Individual Poem
Author: Anne Ferry
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804742351
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804742351
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
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.
A Companion to Renaissance Poetry
Author: Catherine Bates
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118585194
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 671
Book Description
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.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118585194
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 671
Book Description
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.
Faking Literature
Author: K. K. Ruthven
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521669658
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : ru
Pages : 252
Book Description
Faking Literature, first published in 2001, examines the role of forgery in literature.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521669658
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : ru
Pages : 252
Book Description
Faking Literature, first published in 2001, examines the role of forgery in literature.
Puck of Pook's Hill
Author: Rudyard Kipling
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
While performing a scene from "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Una and Dan accidentally summon Puck who enables them to witness tales of English history.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
While performing a scene from "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Una and Dan accidentally summon Puck who enables them to witness tales of English history.