Since publication in 1979 Isabel Rivers' sourcebook has established itself as the essential guide to English Renaissance poetry. It:provides an account of the main classical and Christian ideas, outlining their meaning, their origins and their transmission to the Renaissance;illustrates the ways in which Renaissance poetry drew on classical and Christian ideas;contains extracts from key classical and Christian texts and relates these to the extracts of the English poems which draw on them;includes suggestions for further reading, and an invaluable bibliographical appendix.
Dr Isabel Rivers is a Fellow and Tutor in English of St Hugh’s College, Oxford.
Preface to the First Edition Introduction: Renaissance Poetry and Modern Readers 1 The Golden Age and the Garden of Eden 2 The Pagan Gods 3 Platonism and Neoplatonism 4 Stoicism 5 Views of History 6 Cosmology 7 Reformation and Counter-Reformation 8 Protestant Theology 9 Humanism 10 Biblical Exegesis and Typology 11 Theories of Poetry 12 Allegory 13 Numerology
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WYKES RIVERS, Wykes Rivers, Isabel Rivers, David L. Wykes, Dr Williams's Centre for Dissenting Studies) Rivers, Isabel (Professor of Eighteenth-Century English Literature and Culture, School of English and Drama, Queen Mary, University of London, and Co-Director, Dr Williams's Centre for Dissenting Studies) Wykes, David L. (Director, Dr Williams's Library, London, and Co-Director
WYKES RIVERS, Wykes Rivers, Isabel Rivers, David L. Wykes, Dr Williams's Centre for Dissenting Studies) Rivers, Isabel (Professor of Eighteenth-Century English Literature and Culture, School of English and Drama, Queen Mary, University of London, and Co-Director, Dr Williams's Centre for Dissenting Studies) Wykes, David L. (Director, Dr Williams's Library, London, and Co-Director
Isabel Rivers, David L. Wykes, Dr Williams's Centre for Dissenting Studies) Rivers, Isabel (Professor of Eighteenth-Century English Literature and Culture, Queen Mary, University of London, and Co-Director, Dr Williams's Centre for Dissenting Studies) Wykes, David L. (Director, Dr Williams's Library, London, and Co-Director
Isabel Rivers, Professor of Eighteenth-Century English Literature and Culture) Rivers, Isabel (Queen Mary University of London, Queen Mary University of London