Lord Henry Howard (1540-1614): An Elizabethan Life

D C Andersson

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Renaissance Literature | nr. 27
• First full biography of the Elizabethan Henry Howard, one of the most influential noblemen of his time, tracing his chequered career and placing him i... Lees meer

Staging Islam in England: Drama and Culture, 1640-1685

Matthew Birchwood

• Hardcover | Studies in Renaissance Literature
• Exploration of the ways in which Islam manifested itself in the writings of the seventeenth century. Lees meer

The English Clown Tradition from the Middle Ages to Shakespeare

Robert Hornback

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Renaissance Literature | nr. 26
• From the late-medieval period through to the seventeenth century, English theatrical clowns carried a weighty cultural significance, only to have it s... Lees meer

Chivalry and Romance in the English Renaissance

Alex Davis

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Renaissance Literature | nr. 11
• A reinterpretation of the place and significance of chivalric culture in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and what it says about contemporary ... Lees meer

The Theology of John Donne

Jeffrey Johnson

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Renaissance Literature | nr. 1
• John Donne discussed as an original religious thinker, drawing on his extant sermons for evidence of his personal theology. John Donne is here treated... Lees meer

Shakespeare and Machiavelli

John Roe

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Renaissance Literature | nr. 9
• A detailed comparison of Machiavelli with Shakespeare, grounded in their common use of rhetoric. Although the question of Machiavellian influence on S... Lees meer

Thomas Traherne and Seventeenth-Century Thought

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Renaissance Literature | nr. 33
• New essays on Thomas Traherne challenge traditional critical readings of the poet. Thomas Traherne has all too often been defined and studied as a sol... Lees meer

John Donne and Conformity in Crisis in the Late Jacobean Pulpit

Jeanne Shami

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Renaissance Literature | nr. 13
• The sermons of John Donne are seen to embody the tensions and pressure on public religious discourse 1621 - 25. This book considers the professional c... Lees meer

Early Modern Tragicomedy

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Renaissance Literature | nr. 22
• Fresh explorations of the tragicomic drama, setting the familiar plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries alongside Irish and European drama. Tragi... Lees meer

Allegory, Space and the Material World in the Writings of Edmund Spenser

Christopher Burlinson

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Renaissance Literature | nr. 17
• An examination of the way in which the material world is depicted in The Faerie Queene. This book provides a radical reassessment of Spenserian allego... Lees meer

The English Clown Tradition from the Middle Ages to Shakespeare

Robert Hornback

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Renaissance Literature | nr. 26
• A new account of medieval and Renaissance clown traditions reveals the true extent of their cultural influence. From the late-medieval period through ... Lees meer

Devil Theatre: Demonic Possession and Exorcism in English Renaissance Drama, 1558-1642

Jan Frans Van Dijkhuizen

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Renaissance Literature | nr. 19
• The so-called "Devil Theatre" is here set against its context of non-dramatic texts on possession and exorcism, providing many new insights. Represent... Lees meer

Business Ethics

Norman E Bowie

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Renaissance Literature
• This book provides essential reading for anyone with an academic or professional interest in business ethics today. Lees meer

Making of Restoration Poetry

Paul Hammond

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Renaissance Literature | nr. 16
• A survey of Restoration poetry, from the forms in which it was disseminated to studies of important texts. This book explores the complex ways in whic... Lees meer

Empire and Nation in Early English Renaissance Literature

Stewart Mottram

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Renaissance Literature | nr. 25
• Sensitive readings of Renaissance texts offer new insights into the perception of imperialism in the sixteenth century. The complex topics of colonial... Lees meer

Milton and the Terms of Liberty

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Renaissance Literature | nr. 7
• Essays on Milton's developing ideas on liberty, and his republicanism, as expressed in his writings over his lifetime. In his Second Defence of the En... Lees meer

The Uncertain World of 'Samson Agonistes'

John T Shawcross

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Renaissance Literature | nr. 6
• Ambiguity, present in all aspects of the poem, is seen as central to Milton's authorial intentions. Shawcross proposes that the many ambiguities surro... Lees meer

The Song of Songs in English Renaissance Literature: Kisses of Their Mouths

Noam Flinker

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Renaissance Literature | nr. 3
• Treatment of and reference to the Song of Songs by a variety of authors including Spenser and Milton. Many English Renaissance texts offer readings of... Lees meer

The Elizabethan Invention of Anglo-Saxon England

Rebecca Brackmann

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Renaissance Literature | nr. 30
• The writings of two influential Elizabethan thinkers testify to the influence of Old English law and literature on Tudor society and self-image. Full ... Lees meer

Picturing Divinity in John Donne's Writings

Kirsten Stirling

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Renaissance Literature | nr. 43
• A new approach to the visual arts in the work of John Donne The five known portraits of John Donne and the many artworks bequeathed in his will bear w... Lees meer

Wyatt Abroad

William Rossiter

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Renaissance Literature | nr. 32
• An examination of Wyatt's translations and adaptions of European poetry yields fresh insights into his work and poetic practice. During the 1520s and ... Lees meer

Neo-Historicism

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Renaissance Literature | nr. 5
• Essays on English Renaissance culture make a major contribution to the debate on historical method. For nearly two decades, Renaissance literary schol... Lees meer

John Bunyan and the Language of Conviction

Beth Lynch

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Renaissance Literature | nr. 15
• Bunyan's works re-evaluated, and considered in their Restoration and non-conformist context. This book undertakes a major reassessment of the works of... Lees meer

Pity and Identity in the Age of Shakespeare

Toria Johnson

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Renaissance Literature | nr. 40
• Exploring a wide range of material including dramatic works, medieval morality drama, and lyric poetry this book argues for the central significance o... Lees meer