The epigram in England, 1590-1640 /

While among the most common of Renaissance genres, the epigram has been largely neglected by scholars and critics: James Doelman's book is the first major study on the Renaissance English epigram since 1947. It combines thorough description of the genre's history and conventions with consi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Doelman, James, 1963- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2016.
Temas:
1500-1700
Epigrams, English > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The classical, medieval and Renaissance inheritance
  • 'A Curter kind of Satyre'? The epigram, proximate genres and terminology
  • The contexts of epigram composition
  • Buzzed, scrawled and printed: composition and circulation of topical epigrams
  • Epigrams in manuscript
  • Epigrams in print
  • Authorship
  • The readers of printed epigram books
  • Two facets of the epigram: names and responsiveness
  • The epigram and political comment
  • The feigned epitaph
  • The religious epigram
  • Coda: Harington's 'Of Moyses'
  • Appendix: The educational experience of major epigrammatists
  • Select bibliography
  • Index.

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