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The Feminine Reclaimed : The Idea of Woman in Spenser, Shakespeare, and Milton /

The Feminine Reclaimed breaks new ground in the field of Renaissance scholarship. Stevie Davies considers the feminine principle as it was developed through the humanist and Neoplatonic revival of ancient classical learning and from this perspective approaches the major works of the three great lite...

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Auteur principal: Davies, Stevie (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [1986]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:The Feminine Reclaimed breaks new ground in the field of Renaissance scholarship. Stevie Davies considers the feminine principle as it was developed through the humanist and Neoplatonic revival of ancient classical learning and from this perspective approaches the major works of the three great literary figures of the English Renaissance -- Spenser, Shakespeare, and Milton. Through close, perceptive readings of their most crucial works, informed by a familiarity with the whole range of their context in the European literature and thought of their time, Stevie Davies is able to demonstrate the.
Description:Previously published as: The idea of woman in Renaissance literature. 1985.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (288 pages).
ISBN:9780813158969