Poetry and politics in the English Renaissance /
This title establishes the radical currents of thought shaping Renaissance poetry: civic humanism and apocalyptic Protestantism. The author shows how Elizabethan poets like Sidney and Spenser, often seen as conservative monarchists responded powerfully if sometimes ambivalently to radical ideas.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2002.
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| Edition: | Rev. ed. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This title establishes the radical currents of thought shaping Renaissance poetry: civic humanism and apocalyptic Protestantism. The author shows how Elizabethan poets like Sidney and Spenser, often seen as conservative monarchists responded powerfully if sometimes ambivalently to radical ideas. |
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| Item Description: | Previous edition (i.e. 1st ed.): London : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1984. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xix, 327 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191697647 0191697648 |