English Funerary Elegy in the Seventeenth Century - Laws in Mourning

Zusatztext 'This is a scholarly examination of an important area of cultural history.' - The Use of English Informationen zum Autor ANDREA BRADY teaches English Literature at Brunel University, London, UK. She is also a poet, has published widely on contemporary innovative poetry and runs the small press, Barque. Klappentext This book analyzes the political, aesthetic, moral and religious developments in the period 1606-1660 and discusses the works of Donne, Jonson, Milton and early modern women's writing. Brady combines Literary Theory, social and cultural History, Psychology and Anthropology to produce exciting and original readings of neglected source material. Zusammenfassung This book analyzes the political! aesthetic! moral and religious developments in the period 1606-1660 and discusses the works of Donne! Jonson! Milton and early modern women's writing. Brady combines Literary Theory! social and cultural History! Psychology and Anthropology to produce exciting and original readings of neglected source material. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Notes on Transcriptions Introduction The Ritual of Elegiac Rhetoric The Rhetoric of Grief The Funerary Ritual in its Ritual Context Spectacular Executions of the 1640s Contesting Wills in Critical Elegy Grief Without Measure Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Notes on Transcriptions Introduction The Ritual of Elegiac Rhetoric The Rhetoric of Grief The Funerary Ritual in its Ritual Context Spectacular Executions of the 1640s Contesting Wills in Critical Elegy Grief Without Measure Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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'This is a scholarly examination of an important area of cultural history.' - The Use of English

Product details

• Authors: A Brady, A. Brady, Andrea Brady
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.06.2006
• EAN: 9781403941053
• ISBN: 978-1-4039-4105-3
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Early Modern Literature in History; Early Modern Literature in His; Early Modern Literature in History; Early Modern Literature in His
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; B, European History, personality, Social Psychology, Psychology: the self, ego, identity, personality, Personality and Social Psychology, Personality and Differential Psychology, Literature: history & criticism, Literary theory, History of Britain and Ireland, Great Britain—History, European Literature, Europe—History—1492-, History of Early Modern Europe, British literature, British and Irish Literature, Early Modern/Renaissance Literature, Literature—Philosophy, Early Modern and Renaissance Literature, Literature, Modern, Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts Collection, history;John Milton;literary theory;psychology;rhetoric