Prophecy and sibylline imagery in the Renaissance : Shakespeare's Sibyls /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Malay, Jessica L.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Routledge, 2010.
Series:	Routledge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ; 15.
Subjects:	English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism. European literature > Renaissance, 1450-1600 > History and criticism. Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Criticism and interpretation. Sibyls in literature. Prophecies in literature. Women in literature. Great Britain > History > Elizabeth, 1558-1603.

Table of Contents:

Sibylline heritage: from the mists of antiquity
Reforming the Sibyl: the appropriation of the Sibyls in the Middle Ages and Reformation
The Sibyls in Elizabeth's court and country
The Sibyls: god's divines or she imps of Satan?
Shakespeare's Sibyls
To be a Sibyl: Jane Seager's sibylline poems
The final act: revealing the Sibyls in Jacobean England.