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.

Info autore

Lisa Hopkins is Professor of English at University of Sheffield Hallam. She has published numerous works on Shakespeare including her most recent work, Beginning Shakespeare (2005) and has written on film adaptations including Screening the Gothic. She is the Senior Editor of the online journal, Early Modern Literary Studies.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Lisa Hopkins, Matthew Steggle, Lisa/ Steggle Hopkins
• Editore: Bloomsbury Academic
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 16.11.2006
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata
• EAN: 9780826485625
• ISBN: 978-0-8264-8562-5
• Numero di pagine: 160
• Serie: 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
• Categorie: English; LITERARY CRITICISM / General; Literary studies: general; Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800