Classical and Christian ideas in English Renaissance poetry
Subtitle: a student's guide
By: Isabel Rivers.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1994
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
Subjects: English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism.; Christian poetry, English -- History and criticism.; English poetry -- Classical influences.; Christianity and literature.; Renaissance -- England.; Classicism -- England.
Description: Since its first publication Isabel Rivers' sourcebook has established itself as the essential student 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; and includes suggestions for further reading, and an invaluable bibliographical appendix.

In this new edition, the bibliographies have been updated to take account of important recent publications in philosophy, religion and Renaissance studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.