English mercuries
Subtitle: soldier poets in the age of Shakespeare
By: Adam N. McKeown.
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Nashville
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780826516626; 9780826516633
Subjects: Churchyard, Thomas, -- 1520?-1604 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Donne, John, -- 1572-1631 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Gascoigne, George, -- d. 1577 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Harington, John, -- Sir, -- 1560-1612 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Jonson, Ben, -- 1573?-1637 -- Criticism and interpretation.; English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism.; War in literature.; Soldiers' writings, English -- History and criticism.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: English mercuries; value: Men, money, iron, and bread; value: Thomas Churchyard's "Valiant soldiers" and the "Public state"; value: A tale of two cities: George Gascoigne's Antwerp and Alarum for London; value: John Donne's Emblem of war; value: John Harington's Journey home; value: Remembering soldiers: Ben Jonson.