Grief and English Renaissance Elegy

List of contents

Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The angry consoler; 2. The emergence of compassionate moderation; 3. Praise and mourning; 4. The shift from anxious elegy; 5. Surrey and Spenser; 6. Jonson and King; 7. Milton; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Summary

For most of the sixteenth century, English poets were clearly anxious about the grief expressed in their funeral poems and often rebuked themselves for indulging in it, but towards the end of the century this defensiveness about mourning became less pressing and persistent.

Product details

• Authors: Pigman III G. W., G. W. Pigman, III Pigman, G. W. Pigman III
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.1985
• EAN: 9780521268714
• ISBN: 978-0-521-26871-4
• No. of pages: 196
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; English, DRAMA / European / General, Theatre Studies, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: poetry and poets