The Cambridge Companion to English Literature, 1500-1600
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: December 13, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 363
ISBN-13: 9780521587587
Subjects: Literary studies: 16th to 18th centuries; History and criticism; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Literature - Classics / Criticism; English; Literary Criticism; British Isles; English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism; Literary Criticism & Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; English literature; 16th century; Early modern, 1500-1700; Great Britain; History; Literature and history
First sentence: A currently recognized representation of the Tudor aesthetic in the sixteenth century is Hans Holbein's double portrait of "The Ambassadors" painted in the spring of 1533 in London (Figure I), yet its significance and its actual meaning have been debated.
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