English mercuries : soldier poets in the age of Shakespeare /

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A soldier/scholar vividly describes the conditions for Elizabethan soldiers and how they wrote about their deployments.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: McKeown, Adam (Adam N.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, ©2009.
Subjects:
Churchyard, Thomas, > 1520?-1604 > Criticism and interpretation.
Donne, John, > 1572-1631 > Criticism and interpretation.
Gascoigne, George, > -1577 > Criticism and interpretation.
Harington, John, > Sir, > 1560-1612 > Criticism and interpretation.
Jonson, Ben, > 1573?-1637 > Criticism and interpretation.
Churchyard, Thomas, > 1520?-1604
Donne, John, > 1572-1631
Gascoigne, George, > -1577
Harington, John, > Sir, > 1560-1612
Jonson, Ben, > 1573?-1637
Churchyard, Thomas.
Donne, John.
Gascoigne, George.
Harington, John.
Jonson, Ben.
1500-1700
Geschichte 1500-1600
English poetry > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
War in literature.
Soldiers' writings, English > History and criticism.
Guerre dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Shakespeare.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare
English poetry > Early modern
Soldiers' writings, English
War in literature
Literatur
Krieg > Motiv
Englisch.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • English mercuries
  • Men, money, iron, and bread
  • Thomas Churchyard's "Valiant soldiers" and the "Public state"
  • A tale of two cities: George Gascoigne's Antwerp and Alarum for London
  • John Donne's Emblem of war
  • John Harington's Journey home
  • Remembering soldiers: Ben Jonson.

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