Prophecy and sibylline imagery in the Renaissance
Subtitle: Shakespeare's Sibyls
By: by Jessica L. Malay.
Series: Routledge studies in Renaissance literature and culture -- v. 15
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 201
ISBN-13: 9780415877923
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation; English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism; European literature -- Renaissance, 1450-1600 -- History and criticism; Sibyls in literature; Prophecies in literature; Women in literature; Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Sibylline heritage: from the mists of antiquity; title: Reforming the Sibyl: the appropriation of the Sibyls in the Middle Ages and Reformation; title: The Sibyls in Elizabeth's court and country; title: The Sibyls: god's divines or she imps of Satan?; title: Shakespeare's Sibyls; title: To be a Sibyl: Jane Seager's sibylline poems; title: The final act: revealing the Sibyls in Jacobean England.