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Zusatztext '...long! hard and enlightening...adds a great deal to our sense of the detail of this rich period of literary history.' - Australian Book Review Informationen zum Autor PAUL SALZMAN is Senior Lecturer in English at La Trobe University, Australia. He is the author of English Prose Fiction 1558-1700: A Critical History . He has published a number of editions of early modern writing. Klappentext This book offers an unparalleled depth of historical research by surveying the extraordinary richness of literary culture in a single year. Paul Salzman examines what is written, published, performed and, in some cases, even spoken during 1621 in Britain. Well-known works by writers such as Donne, Burton, Middleton, and Ralegh, are examined alongside hitherto unknown works in a huge variety of genres: plays, poems, romances, advice books, sermons, histories, parliamentary speeches, royal proclamations. This is a work of literary history that greatly enhances knowledge of what it was like to read, write and listen in early modern Britain. Zusammenfassung This book offers an unparalleled depth of historical research by surveying the extraordinary richness of literary culture in a single year. Paul Salzman examines what is written, published, performed and, in some cases, even spoken during 1621 in Britain. Well-known works by writers such as Donne, Burton, Middleton, and Ralegh, are examined alongside hitherto unknown works in a huge variety of genres: plays, poems, romances, advice books, sermons, histories, parliamentary speeches, royal proclamations. This is a work of literary history that greatly enhances knowledge of what it was like to read, write and listen in early modern Britain. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures Timeline Preface John Chamberlain Reads the Year Selves Transformation of Romance Performances Poetry/Satire News Instruction Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
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List of Figures Timeline Preface John Chamberlain Reads the Year Selves Transformation of Romance Performances Poetry/Satire News Instruction Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
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'...long, hard and enlightening...adds a great deal to our sense of the detail of this rich period of literary history.' - Australian Book Review
