Title: Vulgar eloquence
Description: "This original book challenges prevailing accounts of English literary history, arguing that English literature emerged as a distinct category during the late sixteenth century, as England's relationship with classical Rome was suffering an unprecedented strain. Exploring the myths through which poets such as Geffrey Whitney, William Shakespeare, and John Milton understood the nature of their art, Sean Keilen shows how they invented archaic origins for a new kind of writing."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Birds in literature, Classical influences, English literature, History and criticism, Knowledge, Mythology, Classical, in literature, Nightingale in literature, Ornithology, Orpheus (Greek mythology) in literature, Renaissance, Shakespeare, william, 1564-1616, knowledge and learning, Milton, john, 1608-1674, English literature, history and criticism, early modern, 1500-1700, Renaissance, england, In literature, Knowledge and learning
Places: England
People: Geffrey Whitney (1548?-1601?), John Milton (1608-1674), William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Time periods: Early modern, 1500-1700