Renaissance Literature and Culture

The guide to Renaissance Literature and Culture provides students with the ideal introduction to literature and its context from 1533-1642, including: - the historical, cultural and intellectual background including religion, politics, exploration and visual culture - major writers and genres including Spenser, Sidney, Marlowe, Shakespeare and Jonson - concise explanations of key terms needed to understand the literature and criticism - key critical approaches to modernism from contemporary critics to the present - a chronology mapping historical events and literary works and further reading including websites and electronic resources.

Product details

• Authors: Lisa Hopkins, Lisa/ Steggle Hopkins, Matthew Steggle
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.11.2006
• EAN: 9780826485625
• ISBN: 978-0-8264-8562-5
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: Introductions to British Literature and Culture S.; Introductions to British Liter; Introductions to British Liter; Introductions to British Literature and Culture S.; Introductions to British Literature and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800