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Cross currents in English literature of the XVIIth century ; or, The world, the flesh & the spirit, their action & reactions /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Grierson, Herbert John Clifford, Sir, 1866-1960
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Chatto & Windus, [1929]
Series:Messenger lectures on the evolution of civilization ; 1926-27.
Subjects:
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Religion in literature.
Great Britain > Intellectual life.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Renaissance & reformation
  • Edmund Spenser--The drama: comedy
  • The drama: tragedy
  • Love-poetry
  • Humanism & the churches
  • John Milton: the man & the poet
  • Commonwealth & restoration
  • John Dryden
  • Index.