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
Number of pages: 201
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; Soldiers in literature; Soldiers' writings, English -- History and criticism; War in Literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: English mercuries; title: Men, money, iron, and bread; title: Thomas Churchyard's "Valiant soldiers" and the "Public state"; title: A tale of two cities: George Gascoigne's Antwerp and Alarum for London; title: John Donne's Emblem of war; title: John Harington's Journey home; title: Remembering soldiers: Ben Jonson.