Tradition and subversion in Renaissance literature : studies in Shakespeare, Spenser, Jonson, and Donne /
Roston, Murray.
Pittsburgh, Pa. : Duquesne University Press,
c2007.
"Roston offers detailed and essentially new analyses of works by Spenser, Shakespeare, Jonson, and Donne, arguing that the seemingly contradictory presence of traditional and subversive elements in their major works actually creates the source of much of their literary achievement"--Provided by publisher.
"Roston offers detailed and essentially new analyses of works by Spenser, Shakespeare, Jonson, and Donne, arguing that the seemingly contradictory presence of traditional and subversive elements in their major works actually creates the source of much of their literary achievement"--Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-248) and index.
Sacred and secular in The merchant of Venice -- Hamlet and the stoic -- Spenser and the pagan gods -- Volpone, comedy or mordant satire? -- Donne and the meditative tradition.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599
Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637
Donne, John, 1572-1631
English literature
Ambiguity in literature.
Intertextuality.
Renaissance