Oxford English Literary History - Volume 4. 16031660: Literary Cultures of the Early Seventeenth Century

List of contents

• Preface


• Introduction


• Part I Literature and Social Systems


• 1: Who Were the Writers?


• 2: Literary Careers


• Part II Important Literary Genres 1603-1660


• 3: Thinking About Genre in Seventeenth-Century England


• 4: A Sense of Place


• 5: Authority, Obedience, and Defiance


• 6: Forms of Devotion


• 7: Intellect and Expression: Prose in the Early Seventeenth Century


• Bibliography

Summary

Surveys the rich English literary tradition, 1603-1660, in the context of the eventful decades between the accession of James I and the restoration of Charles II.

Product details

• Authors: Katharine Eisaman Maus, Katharine (James Branch Cabell Profe Eisaman Maus
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.03.2025
• EAN: 9780198943327
• ISBN: 978-0-19-894332-7
• No. of pages: 496
• Series: Oxford English Literary History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; History, HISTORY / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, Literary studies: poetry & poets, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Literary studies: general, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, Literary studies: poetry and poets, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form