The Cambridge Companion to John Donne
The Cambridge Companion to John Donne

Author: Achsah Guibbory

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2006-02-02

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 1107494869

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The Cambridge Companion to John Donne introduces students (undergraduate and graduate) to the range, brilliance, and complexity of John Donne. Sixteen essays, written by an international array of leading scholars and critics, cover Donne's poetry (erotic, satirical, devotional) and his prose (including his Sermons and occasional letters). Providing readings of his texts and also fully situating them in the historical and cultural context of early modern England, these essays offer the most up-to-date scholarship and introduce students to the current thinking and debates about Donne, while providing tools for students to read Donne with greater understanding and enjoyment. Special features include a chronology; a short biography; essays on political and religious contexts; an essay on the experience of reading his lyrics; a meditation on Donne by the contemporary novelist A. S. Byatt; and an extensive bibliography of editions and criticism.

The Cambridge Companion to English Poetry, Donne to Marvell
The Cambridge Companion to English Poetry, Donne to Marvell

Author: Thomas N. Corns

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1993-11-18

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 9780521423090

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English poetry in the first half of the seventeenth century is an outstandingly rich and varied body of verse, which can be understood and appreciated more fully when set in its cultural and ideological context. This student Companion, consisting of fourteen new introductory essays by scholars of international standing, informs and illuminates the poetry by providing close reading of texts and an exploration of their background. There are individual studies of Donne, Jonson, Herrick, Herbert, Carew, Suckling, Lovelace, Milton, Crashaw, Vaughan and Marvell. More general essays describe the political and religious context of the poetry, explore its gender politics, explain the material circumstances of its production and circulation, trace its larger role in the development of genre and tradition, and relate it to contemporary rhetorical expectation. Overall the Companion provides an indispensable guide to the texts and contexts of early-seventeenth-century English poetry.

The Cambridge Companion to English Poets
The Cambridge Companion to English Poets

Author: Claude Julien Rawson

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2011-01-27

Total Pages: 581

ISBN-13: 0521874343

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This volume provides essays by twenty-nine leading scholars and critics on the best English poets from Chaucer to Larkin.

The Cambridge Companion to Ben Jonson
The Cambridge Companion to Ben Jonson

Author: Richard Harp

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2000-11-30

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 9780521646789

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An accessible, up-to-date introduction to the life and works of poet and dramatist Ben Jonson.

The Cambridge Companion to the Pre-Raphaelites
The Cambridge Companion to the Pre-Raphaelites

Author: Elizabeth Prettejohn

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2012-07-23

Total Pages: 527

ISBN-13: 1107495512

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The group of young painters and writers who coalesced into the Pre-Raphaelite movement in the middle years of the nineteenth century became hugely influential in the development not only of literature and painting, but also more generally of art and design. Though their reputation has fluctuated over the years, their achievements are now recognised and their style enjoyed and studied widely. This volume explores the lives and works of the central figures in the group: among others, the Rossettis, William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais, Ford Madox Brown, William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones. This is the first book to provide a general introduction to the Pre-Raphaelite movement that integrates its literary and visual art forms. The Companion explains what made the Pre-Raphaelite style unique in painting, poetry, drawing and prose.

The Origins of the Twelfth Amendment
The Origins of the Twelfth Amendment

Author: Tadahisa Kuroda

Publisher: Praeger

Published: 1994-08-30

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13:

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"Kuroda, in a concise format and readable text, offers a complete assessment of the college from its 1787 inception to its 1804 revision that has long been needed and is well worth reading." New York State Historical Association

The Cambridge Companion to the Literature of London
The Cambridge Companion to the Literature of London

Author: Lawrence Manley

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2011-08-18

Total Pages: 323

ISBN-13: 1107495555

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London has provided the setting and inspiration for a host of literary works in English, from canonical masterpieces to the popular and ephemeral. Drawing upon a variety of methods and materials, the essays in this volume explore the London of Langland and the Peasants' Rebellion, of Shakespeare and the Elizabethan stage, of Pepys and the Restoration coffee house, of Dickens and Victorian wealth and poverty, of Conrad and the Empire, of Woolf and the wartime Blitz, of Naipaul and postcolonial immigration, and of contemporary globalism. Contributions from historians, art historians, theorists and media specialists as well as leading literary scholars exemplify current approaches to genre, gender studies, book history, performance studies and urban studies. In showing how the tradition of English literature is shaped by representations of London, this volume also illuminates the relationship between the literary imagination and the society of one of the world's greatest cities.

The Cambridge Companion to Spenser
The Cambridge Companion to Spenser

Author: Andrew Hadfield

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2001-06-18

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 9780521645706

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In this accessible introduction to Spenser's poetry and prose, a set of fourteen essays provide extensive commentary on his life and the historical and religious contexts in which he wrote

The Cambridge Introduction to Jane Austen
The Cambridge Introduction to Jane Austen

Author: Janet Todd

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2006-09-14

Total Pages: 3

ISBN-13: 1139458558

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Jane Austen is unique among British novelists in maintaining her popular appeal while receiving more scholarly attention now than ever before. This innovative introduction by a leading scholar and editor of her work explains what students need to know about her novels, life, context and reception. Each novel is discussed in detail, and all the essential information about her life and literary influences, her novels and letters, and her impact on later literature and culture is covered. While the book considers the key areas of current critical focus its analysis remains thoroughly grounded in readings of the texts themselves. Janet Todd outlines what makes Austen's prose style so innovative and gives useful starting points for the study of the major works, with suggestions for further reading. This book is an essential purchase for all students of Austen, as well as for readers wanting to deepen their appreciation of the novels.