The Norton Anthology of English Literature

The Norton Anthology of English Literature
Author: Greenblatt, Stephen
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 25
Release: 2012-02-10
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 0393913007

The Ninth Edition offers more complete works and more teachable groupings than ever before, the apparatus you trust, and a new, free Supplemental Ebook with more than 1,000 additional texts. Read by more than 8 million students, The Norton Anthology of English Literature sets the standard and remains an unmatched value.

Sixteenth-Century Readers, Fifteenth-Century Books

Sixteenth-Century Readers, Fifteenth-Century Books
Author: Margaret Connolly
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 333
Release: 2019-01-17
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 1108426778

Explores the reception of fifteenth-century English manuscripts and two generations of a Tudor family who owned and read them.

The Broadview Anthology of Sixteenth-Century Poetry and Prose

The Broadview Anthology of Sixteenth-Century Poetry and Prose
Author: Marie Loughlin
Publisher: Broadview Press
Total Pages: 1333
Release: 2011-10-24
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 1551111624

The Broadview Anthology of Sixteenth-Century Poetry and Prose makes available not only extensive selections from the works of canonical writers, but also substantial extracts from writers who have either been neglected in earlier anthologies or only relatively recently come to the attention of twentieth- and twenty-first-century scholars and teachers. Popular fiction and prose nonfiction are especially well represented, including selections from popular romances, merchant fiction, sensation pamphlets, sermons, and ballads. The texts are extensively annotated, with notes both explaining unfamiliar words and providing cultural and historical contexts.

English Poetry of the Sixteenth Century

English Poetry of the Sixteenth Century
Author: Gary F. Waller
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2014-07-15
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1317895584

Explores the poetry of the Renaissance, from Dunbar in the late 15th century to the Songs and Sonnets of John Donne in the early 17th. The book offers more than the wealth of literature discussed: it is a pioneering work in its own right, bringing the insights of contemporary literary and cultural theory to an overview of the period.

Theatre and Humanism

Theatre and Humanism
Author: Kent Cartwright
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 333
Release: 1999-09-09
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1139425994

English drama at the beginning of the sixteenth century was allegorical, didactic and moralistic; but by the end of the century theatre was censured as emotional and even immoral. How could such a change occur? Kent Cartwright suggests that some theories of early Renaissance theatre - particularly the theory that Elizabethan plays are best seen in the tradition of morality drama - need to be reconsidered. He proposes instead that humanist drama of the sixteenth century is theatrically exciting - rather than literary, elitist and dull as it has often been seen - and socially significant, and he attempts to integrate popular and humanist values rather than setting them against each other. Taking as examples the plays of Marlowe, Heywood, Lyly and Greene, as well as many by lesser-known dramatists, the book demonstrates the contribution of humanist drama to the theatrical vitality of the sixteenth century.

English Literature in the Sixteenth Century (Excluding Drama)

English Literature in the Sixteenth Century (Excluding Drama)
Author: C. S. Lewis
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 640
Release: 2022-08-23
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0063222183

C. S. Lewis offers a magisterial take on the literature and poetry of one of the most consequential periods in world history, providing deep insight into some of the greatest writers of the age, including Edmund Spenser, William Shakespeare, William Tyndale, John Knox, Dr. Johnson, Richard Hooker, Hugh Latimer, Christopher Marlowe, John Donne, and Thomas Cranmer. English Literature in the Sixteenth Century is an invigorating overview of English literature from the Norman Conquest through the mid-seventeenth century from one of the greatest public intellectuals of the modern age. In this wise, distinctive collection, C. S. Lewis expounds on the profound impact prose and poetry had on both British intellectual life and his own critical thinking and writing, demonstrated in his deep reflections and essays. This incisive work is essential for any serious literature scholar, intellectual Anglophile, or C. S. Lewis fan.

The Cambridge Companion to Renaissance Humanism

The Cambridge Companion to Renaissance Humanism
Author: Jill Kraye
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 350
Release: 1996-02-23
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521436243

From the fourteenth to the seventeenth century, humanism played a key role in European culture. Beginning as a movement based on the recovery, interpretation and imitation of ancient Greek and Roman texts and the archaeological study of the physical remains of antiquity, humanism turned into a dynamic cultural programme, influencing almost every facet of Renaissance intellectual life. The fourteen essays in this 1996 volume deal with all aspects of the movement, from language learning to the development of science, from the effect of humanism on biblical study to its influence on art, from its Italian origins to its manifestations in the literature of More, Sidney and Shakespeare. A detailed biographical index, and a guide to further reading, are provided. Overall, The Cambridge Companion to Renaissance Humanism provides a comprehensive introduction to a major movement in the culture of early modern Europe.

Common

Common
Author: Neil Rhodes
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2018
Genre: History
ISBN: 0198704100

A study of the development of literary culture in sixteenth-century England that explores the relationship between the Reformation and literary renaissance of the Elizabethan period through the exploration of the theme of the 'common'.