Renaissance and Reformations An Introduction to Early Modern English Literature 1st Edition by Michael Hattaway ISBN 1405100443 9781405100441

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ISBN 10: 1405100443
ISBN 13: 9781405100441
Author: Michael Hattaway

This volume offers a description of early modern habits of writing and reading, of publication and stage performance, and of political and religious writing.

• An introduction to early modern English literature for students and general readers.
  
• Considers the ways in which early modern writers construct the past, recover and adapt classical genres, write about people and places, and tackle religious and secular controversies.
  
• Illustrated with a profusion of excerpts from early modern texts.
  
• Writers represented include More, Erasmus, Spenser, Marlowe, Shakespeare, Donne, and Milton, as well as less well known authors.

Renaissance and Reformations An Introduction to Early Modern English Literature 1st Edition Table of contents:

Section 1: The Renaissance and the Revival of Classical Learning
4. Humanism and Its Impact on Literature
5. The Rediscovery of Classical Texts: From Latin to Vernacular
6. Renaissance Poets: Petrarchan Influence and Courtly Verse
7. The Role of Print Culture in the Spread of Renaissance Ideals
8. The Rise of the Renaissance Drama: From Morality Plays to Elizabethan Tragedy

Section 2: The Reformation and the Shaping of English Thought
9. The Religious Upheaval: Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation
10. Henry VIII, the English Reformation, and the Break with Rome
11. Theological Debates in Literature: Reformist and Counter-Reformist Voices
12. Religious Poetry and the Rise of the Protestant Poets
13. The Political and Social Ramifications of the Reformation on Literature

Section 3: Key Figures of Early Modern English Literature
14. William Shakespeare: The Tragedy, Comedy, and History Plays
15. Christopher Marlowe: The Tragic Vision and the Influence on Shakespeare
16. Edmund Spenser: The Epic and Allegorical Imagination in The Faerie Queene
17. Sir Philip Sidney: Poetic Form and Political Allegory
18. John Donne: Metaphysical Poetry and the Question of Faith

Section 4: Literary Forms and Genres in the Renaissance and Reformation
19. The Sonnet: A Renaissance Genre in English Poetry
20. The Rise of the English Drama: Tragedy, Comedy, and History Plays
21. The Epic Tradition: Spenser and the Quest for National Identity
22. Religious and Political Pamphlets: The Literature of Change
23. The Satire and the Legacy of Classical Comedy in Early Modern England

Section 5: Literature, Politics, and the Construction of Identity
24. Nationalism and the English Literary Tradition: From Elizabeth I to James I
25. The Role of Literature in Shaping Social Hierarchies and Gender Roles
26. The Question of Race and the Emergence of Otherness in Early Modern England
27. Shakespeare’s History Plays: Nationhood, Power, and Politics
28. The Debate over Monarchy and Tyranny: Literature as Political Resistance

Section 6: The Legacy of the Renaissance and Reformation
29. The End of the Renaissance: The Early Modern Period Transitions to the Enlightenment
30. Influence on Later English Literature: From the Restoration to the Romantics
31. The Renaissance’s Enduring Legacy in Contemporary Thought and Culture

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