Uncommon Tongues : Eloquence and Eccentricity in the English Renaissance /

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In the late sixteenth century, as England began to assert its integrity as a nation and English its merit as a literate tongue, vernacular writing took a turn for the eccentric. Authors such as John Lyly, Edmund Spenser, and Christopher Marlowe loudly announced their ambitions for the mother tongue-...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nicholson, Catherine, 1978-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Lyly, John, > 1554?-1606. > Euphues.
Spenser, Edmund, > 1552?-1599. > Shepherd's calender.
Marlowe, Christopher, > 1564-1593. > Tamburlaine the Great.
Tamburlaine the Great (Marlowe, Christopher)
Shepherd's calender (Spenser, Edmund)
Euphues (Lyly, John)
Rhetoric, Renaissance.
National characteristics, English, in literature.
English literature > Early modern.
English language > Early modern > Style.
English language > Early modern > Rhetoric.
Eloquence in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Shakespeare.
Rhetorique de la Renaissance > Angleterre.
Anglais dans la litterature.
Anglais (Langue) > 1500-1700 (Moderne) > Rhetorique.
Éloquence dans la litterature.
Rhetoric, Renaissance > England.
English language > Early modern, 1500-1700 > Rhetoric.
English language > Early modern, 1500-1700 > Style.
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
England.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo

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