This is the first comprehensive collection of English Renaissance literary criticism to appear for nearly a century. Brian Vickers has brought together a wide-ranging selection of texts, some well-known (such as Sir Philip Sidney's Apology for Poetry, the most brilliant critical essay of the whole Renaissance, here given complete), some little-known (Dudley North's account of Metaphysical poetry), and one being printed for the first time (John Ford's elegy on John Fletcher).
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This wide-ranging compilation of texts illustrates clearly the great variety of criticism of English literature on offer during the Renaissance period.
Well-conceived and well-tuned anthology ... informative introduction ... this book will become an indispensable source for scholars, theoreticians of literature, university professors, writers, and nonacademic readers for as long as our interest in Renaissance studies continues.
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`English Renaissance Literary Criticism may well become the standard reference collection ... the greatest coup is John Ford's elegy on John Fletcher, discovered by the late Jeremy Maule and printed here for the first time.' Alastair Fowler, TLS 9/6/00. `In addition to the usual suspects (Spencer, Harvey, Sidney, Jonson, Milton, et al), he includes long selections from rhetoricians Wilson and Puttenham; several hard-to-find pieces; thoughtfully edited passages from Shakespeare, Chapman, and Champion; and John Ford's never-before-printed 'Elegy for John Fletcher'. What makes this selection so insightful and useful is Vicker's recognition of the rhetorical and prescriptive character of early modern English criticism.' N.Lukacher, Choice, Jul/Aug. 2000. `[one] of the most distinguished publications in Renaissance literary studies to have appeared in many years.' N.Lukacher, Choice, Jul/Aug. 2000.
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Wide-ranging selection of texts covering the period 1520 to 1650 Extensive introduction Detailed annotation Separate glossary
Brian Vickers is Chair of English Language and Literature, ETH Zürich
Wide-ranging selection of texts covering the period 1520 to 1650 Extensive introduction Detailed annotation Separate glossary

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ISBN
9780198186793
Publisert
2000
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
884 gr
Høyde
224 mm
Bredde
148 mm
Dybde
39 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
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Antall sider
672

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Biographical note

Brian Vickers is Chair of English Language and Literature, ETH Zürich