A New Companion to English Renaissance Literature and Culture 1st Edition by Michael Hattaway ISBN 9781444319026 1444319027

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ISBN 10: 1444319027
ISBN 13: 9781444319026
Author: Michael Hattaway

A New Companion to English Renaissance Literature and Culture 1st Edition Table of contents:

Part I: Literary Contexts

2. The Evolution of English Literature

   • From Medieval to Early Modern
   • Major Literary Movements: Humanism, Protestantism, and the Rise of the Modern

3. The Renaissance in English Poetry

   • The Sonnet and Lyric Poetry
   • Spenser, Sidney, and Shakespeare
   • Courtly and Pastoral Poetry

4. Early Modern Drama

   • Elizabethan and Jacobean Theatre
   • The Globe and the King’s Men
   • Tragedy, Comedy, and the Role of Masques

5. Prose and Fiction in the Early Modern Period

   • Early Novelistic Forms
   • Essays, Letters, and Autobiography
   • The Rise of the English Philosophical Treatise

Part II: Cultural and Social Contexts

6. The Renaissance and the English Court

   • Patronage and the Politics of Culture
   • The Influence of the Monarch on Art and Literature

7. Religion and Literature

   • The Protestant Reformation and Literary Expression
   • Catholicism, Puritanism, and the Development of Religious Writing

8. Gender and Identity in Renaissance England

   • The Construction of Gender Roles
   • Women Writers and Their Cultural Impact
   • Gendered Performances in Theatre

9. Race, Empire, and Colonialism

   • English Expansion and the Literature of Empire
   • Racism and the Representation of the “Other” in Literature

Part III: Key Figures and Themes

10. William Shakespeare: The Poet and the Playwright

    • Innovations in Language and Drama
    • Thematic Concerns: Power, Identity, and Society

11. Christopher Marlowe: Tragedy and the Individual

    • Marlowe’s Influence on Elizabethan Theatre
    • The Question of Authorship and Legacy

12. John Milton: Literature and the Divine

    • Epic Poetry and the Christian Vision
    • Political and Religious Reflections in Paradise Lost

13. The Metaphysical Poets: Donne and His Contemporaries

    • The Intersection of Philosophy, Love, and Death
    • Intellectualism and Emotion in Metaphysical Verse

Part IV: The Legacy of the Renaissance

14. The Reception of Early Modern English Literature

    • The Shaping of Literary Canons
    • Critical Approaches and Modern Reinterpretations

15. The Enduring Influence of Renaissance Literature

    • The Revival of Interest in the Renaissance
    • Renaissance Literature and Contemporary Culture

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