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 who have only recently come to the attention of twentieth and twenty-first-century scholars. The texts are extensively annotated, with notes both explaining unfamiliar words and providing cultural and historical contexts.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 who have only recently come to the attention of twentieth and twenty-first-century scholars. The texts are extensively annotated, with notes both explaining unfamiliar words and providing cultural and historical contexts.

Summary

This is the only comprehensive anthology available of sixteenth-century poetry and prose.

Product details

• Assisted by: Sandra Bell (Editor), Patricia Brace (Editor), Marie Loughlin (Editor)
• Publisher: Broadview Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2011
• No. of pages: 1250
• Dimensions: 238 mm x 203 mm x 40 mm
• Weight: 1132 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Mixed anthologies; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies