Author(s): Isabel Rivers
Format: Paperback
No. of Pages: 244
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Language: English
Date Published: 1994-12-08
Dimensions: 137.16 x 213.36 x 20.32mm
Publication City/Country: London, United Kingdom
Edition: 2nd New edition
Illustrations: black & white illustrations

Since publication in 1979 Isabel Rivers' sourcebook has established itself as the essential guide to English Renaissance poetry. It:




provides an account of the main classical and Christian ideas, outlining their meaning, their origins and their transmission to the Renaissance;
illustrates the ways in which Renaissance poetry drew on classical and Christian ideas;
contains extracts from key classical and Christian texts and relates these to the extracts of the English poems which draw on them;
includes suggestions for further reading, and an invaluable bibliographical appendix.