English Literature from the Old English Period Through the Renaissance 1st Edition by Britannica Educational Publishing ISBN 1615302301 9781615302307

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ISBN 10: 1615302301 
ISBN 13: 9781615302307
Author: Britannica Educational Publishing

Retaining the thrill and tone of oral storytelling as the written word became increasingly widespread was the charge of early English writing. Beginning in the Old English period and continuing through the Medieval and Renaissance periods, writers such as Geoffrey Chaucer and William Shakespeare began to elevate the place of literature in society. This volume details the evolution of early English literature and the enduring works that have withstood centuries of linguistic and cultural change.

English Literature from the Old English Period Through the Renaissance 1st Table of contents:

CHAPTER 1: THE OLD ENGLISH PERIOD
POETRY
The Major Manuscripts
PROBLEMS OF DATING
RELIGIOUS VERSE
ELEGIAC AND HEROIC VERSE
PROSE
EARLY TRANSLATIONS INTO ENGLISH
LATE 10TH- AND 11TH-CENTURY PROSE
SIGNIFICANT FIGURES AND TEXTS
NOTABLE OLD ENGLISH WRITERS
NOTABLE OLD ENGLISH TEXTS
CHAPTER 2: THE MIDDLE ENGLISH PERIOD
EARLY MIDDLE ENGLISH POETRY
INFLUENCE OF FRENCH POETRY
Fabliau
DIDACTIC POETRY
VERSE ROMANCE
Beast Epic
ARTHURIAN LEGEND
Breton Lay
THE LYRIC
EARLY MIDDLE ENGLISH PROSE
LATER MIDDLE ENGLISH POETRY
ALLITERATIVE POETRY
COURTLY POETRY
POPULAR AND SECULAR VERSE
Political Verse
LATER MIDDLE ENGLISH PROSE
RELIGIOUS PROSE
SECULAR PROSE
MIDDLE ENGLISH DRAMA
MYSTERY PLAYS
MORALITY PLAYS
Everyman
MIRACLE PLAYS
THE TRANSITION FROM MEDIEVAL TO RENAISSANCE
SIGNIFICANT MIDDLE ENGLISH LITERARY FIGURES
WILLIAM CAXTON
GEOFFREY CHAUCER
JOHN GOWER
LAWAMON
ROBERT MANNYNG
ORM
RICHARD ROLLE
CHAPTER 3: THE RENAISSANCE PERIOD (1550–1660)
SOCIAL CONDITIONS
INTELLECTUAL AND RELIGIOUS REVOLUTION
THE RACE FOR CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
ELIZABETHAN POETRY AND PROSE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
SIR PHILIP SIDNEY AND EDMUND SPENSER
ELIZABETHAN LYRIC
THE SONNET SEQUENCE
OTHER POETIC STYLES
PROSE STYLES, 1550–1600
EARLY STUART POETRY AND PROSE
House of Stuart
THE METAPHYSICAL POETS
The Metaphysicals
BEN JONSON AND THE CAVALIER POETS
CONTINUED INFLUENCE OF SPENSER
Spenserian Stanza
THE EFFECT OF RELIGION AND SCIENCE ON EARLY STUART PROSE
PROSE STYLES
JOHN MILTON AND THE RENAISSANCE
MILTON’S LIFE AND WORKS
MILTON’S INFLUENCE
CHAPTER 4: ELIZABETHAN AND EARLY STUART DRAMA
THEATRES IN LONDON AND THE PROVINCES
PROFESSIONAL PLAYWRIGHTS
Blank Verse
CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE
MARLOWE’S WORKS
LITERARY CAREER
ASSESSMENT
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
SHAKESPEARE THE MAN
SHAKESPEARE’S EARLY PLAYS
PLAYS OF THE MIDDLE AND LATE YEARS
THE POEMS
Collaborations and Spurious Attributions
QUESTIONS OF AUTHORSHIP
PLAYWRIGHTS AFTER SHAKESPEARE
BEN JONSON
OTHER JACOBEAN DRAMATISTS
THE LAST RENAISSANCE DRAMATISTS
EPILOGUE
GLOSSARY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
THE OLD ENGLISH PERIOD
THE MIDDLE ENGLISH PERIOD
THE RENAISSANCE PERIOD, 1550–1660
ELIZABETHAN POETRY AND PROSE
EARLY STUART POETRY AND PROSE
ELIZABETHAN AND EARLY STUART DRAMA

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