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Epic, epitome, and the early modern historical imagination /

Through analysis of how English writers summarized and abridged history, Wheatley illuminates the connections between an early modern epitome culture and the historical summaries found in the great narrative poems of Edmund Spenser, Abraham Cowley and John Milton. Clearly and elegantly written, this...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wheatley, Chloe
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Early Modern Epitome Culture: Habits of Study, Printed Objects, History's Quintessence; 2 Stow's Civil Summaries; 3 Abridging the Infinite Chronicle: Spenser and the Role of the Poet Historical; 4 Du Bartas in Epitome; 5 Cowley, Milton, and the Histories of Epic; Bibliography; Index.