num_pages: 240
description: 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.
language: English
title: Classical and Christian Ideas in English Renaissance Poetry
titlecomplete: Classical and Christian Ideas in English Renaissance Poetry
genres: Literature, History, School, Reference, English Literature, Christianity, Canon, Poetry, Literary Criticism, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 99
publisher: Unwin Hyman