The Jacobean Poets
Author | : Edmund Gosse |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 1894 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Edmund Gosse |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 1894 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Sir Edward Howard Marsh |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 218 |
Release | : 1914 |
Genre | : English poetry |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Clive Bloom |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 1988-11-24 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1349195901 |
11 essays which attempt to combine contemporary literary theory and sound practical criticism from a range of literary approaches. The contributors cover the poetry of John Donne, the theology and impact of The Book of Common Prayer, the politics of Jacobean theatre and other themes.
Author | : Barbara Kiefer Lewalski |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 460 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 9780674962422 |
When was feminism born - in the 1960s, or in the 1660s? For England, one might answer: the early decades of the seventeenth century. James I was King of England, and women were expected to be chaste, obedient, subordinate, and silent. Some, however, were not, and these are the women who interest Barbara Lewalski - those who, as queens and petitioners, patrons and historians and poets, took up the pen to challenge and subvert the repressive patriarchal ideology of Jacobean England. Setting out to show how these women wrote themselves into their culture, Lewalski rewrites Renaissance history to include some of its most compelling - and neglected - voices. As a culture dominated by a powerful Queen gave way to the rule of a patriarchal ideologue, a woman's subjection to father and husband came to symbolize the subjection of all English people to their monarch, and all Christians to God. Remarkably enough, it is in this repressive Jacobean milieu that we first hear Englishwomen's own voices in some number. Elizabeth Cary, Aemilia Lanyer, Rachel Speght, and Mary Wroth published original poems, dramas, and prose of considerable scope and merit; others inscribed their thoughts and experiences in letters and memoirs. Queen Anne used the court masque to assert her place in palace politics, while Princess Elizabeth herself stood as a symbol of resistance to Jacobean patriarchy. By looking at these women through their works, Lewalski documents the flourishing of a sense of feminine identity and expression in spite of - or perhaps because of - the constraints of the time. The result is a fascinating sampling of Jacobean women's lives and works, restored to their rightful place in literary historyand cultural politics. In these women's voices and perspectives, Lewalski identifies an early challenge to the dominant culture - and an ongoing challenge to our understanding of the Renaissance world.
Author | : Rex Gibson |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 130 |
Release | : 2001-01-04 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780521795623 |
Critical introductions to a range of literary topics and genres. Tragedies echoed the brutalities and injustices of the time and mirror other features of the age. Exploration was opening up new worlds, the discoveries of science were rapidly expanding knowledge and the country was fiercely divided in matters of religion. Tragedy explores what it is to be human and these anxious, sceptical times fuelled the imagination of Shakespeare and other playwrights. The book considers the tragedies of Christopher Marlowe, William Shakespeare, John Webster and Thomas Middleton and invites the reader to consider how they are still fresh and relevant today.
Author | : John Donne |
Publisher | : Naxos Audiobooks |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2014-05-10 |
Genre | : FICTION |
ISBN | : 9781843795933 |
These poems are done by 17th-century writers who devised a new form of poetry full of wit, intellect and grace, which we now call Metaphysical poetry. They wrote about their deepest religious feelings and their carnal pleasures in a way that was radically new and challenging to their readers. Their work was largely misunderstood or ignored for two centuries, until 20th-century critics rediscovered it.
Author | : Anne James |
Publisher | : University of Toronto Press |
Total Pages | : 423 |
Release | : 2016-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1442649372 |
On the night of November 4th 1605, the English authorities uncovered an alleged plot by a group of discontented Catholics to blow up the Houses of Parliament with the lords, princes, queen and king in attendance. The failure of the plot is celebrated to this day and is known as Guy Fawkes Day. In Poets, Players and Preachers, Anne James explores the literary responses to the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot in poetry, drama, and sermons. This book is the first full-length study of the literary repercussions of the conspiracy. By analyzing the genres of poems, plays, and sermons produced between 1605 and 1688, the author argues that not only did the continuous reinterpretation of the conspiracy serve religious and political purposes but that such literary reinterpretations produced generic changes.