Author : Richard Harp
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 17,29 MB
Release : 2000-11-30
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780521646789
An accessible, up-to-date introduction to the life and works of poet and dramatist Ben Jonson.
Author : Ton Hoenselaars
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 46,32 MB
Release : 2012-10-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1107494338
While Shakespeare's popularity has continued to grow, so has the attention paid to the work of his contemporaries. The contributors to this Companion introduce the distinctive drama of these playwrights, from the court comedies of John Lyly to the works of Richard Brome in the Caroline era. With chapters on a wide range of familiar and lesser-known dramatists, including Thomas Kyd, Christopher Marlowe, Ben Jonson, John Webster, Thomas Middleton and John Ford, this book devotes particular attention to their personal and professional relationships, occupational rivalries and collaborations. Overturning the popular misconception that Shakespeare wrote in isolation, it offers a new perspective on the most impressive body of drama in the history of the English stage.
Author : Claude Julien Rawson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 581 pages
File Size : 33,8 MB
Release : 2011-01-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0521874343
This volume provides essays by twenty-nine leading scholars and critics on the best English poets from Chaucer to Larkin.
Author : Alexander Leggatt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 43,30 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780521779425
An accessible, wide-ranging and informed introduction to Shakespeare's comedies, dark comedies and romances, first published in 2001.
Author : Thomas N. Corns
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 16,59 MB
Release : 1993-11-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780521423090
English poetry in the first half of the seventeenth century is an outstandingly rich and varied body of verse, which can be understood and appreciated more fully when set in its cultural and ideological context. This student Companion, consisting of fourteen new introductory essays by scholars of international standing, informs and illuminates the poetry by providing close reading of texts and an exploration of their background. There are individual studies of Donne, Jonson, Herrick, Herbert, Carew, Suckling, Lovelace, Milton, Crashaw, Vaughan and Marvell. More general essays describe the political and religious context of the poetry, explore its gender politics, explain the material circumstances of its production and circulation, trace its larger role in the development of genre and tradition, and relate it to contemporary rhetorical expectation. Overall the Companion provides an indispensable guide to the texts and contexts of early-seventeenth-century English poetry.
Author : Achsah Guibbory
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 28,59 MB
Release : 2006-02-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1107494869
The Cambridge Companion to John Donne introduces students (undergraduate and graduate) to the range, brilliance, and complexity of John Donne. Sixteen essays, written by an international array of leading scholars and critics, cover Donne's poetry (erotic, satirical, devotional) and his prose (including his Sermons and occasional letters). Providing readings of his texts and also fully situating them in the historical and cultural context of early modern England, these essays offer the most up-to-date scholarship and introduce students to the current thinking and debates about Donne, while providing tools for students to read Donne with greater understanding and enjoyment. Special features include a chronology; a short biography; essays on political and religious contexts; an essay on the experience of reading his lyrics; a meditation on Donne by the contemporary novelist A. S. Byatt; and an extensive bibliography of editions and criticism.
Author : Margreta de Grazia
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 11,46 MB
Release : 2001-04-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1139825984
This book offers a comprehensive, readable and authoritative introduction to the study of Shakespeare, by means of nineteen newly commissioned essays. An international team of prominent scholars provide a broadly cultural approach to the chief literary, performative and historical aspects of Shakespeare's work. They bring the latest scholarship to bear on traditional subjects of Shakespeare study, such as biography, the transmission of the texts, the main dramatic and poetic genres, the stage in Shakespeare's time and the history of criticism and performance. In addition, authors engage with more recently defined topics: gender and sexuality, Shakespeare on film, the presence of foreigners in Shakespeare's England and his impact on other cultures. Helpful reference features include chronologies of the life and works, illustrations, detailed reading lists and a bibliographical essay.
Author : David S. Ferris
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 12,38 MB
Release : 2004-03-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780521797245
This Companion offers a comprehensive introduction to the thought of the highly influential twentieth-century critic and theorist Walter Benjamin. The volume provides examinations of the different aspects of Benjamin's work that have had a significant effect on contemporary critical and historical thought. Topics discussed by experts in the field include Benjamin's relation to the avant-garde movements of his time, his theories on language and mimesis, modernity, his significance and relevance to modern cultural studies, and his autobiographical writings. Additional material includes a guide to further reading and a chronology.
Author : Eva-Marie Kröller
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 29,52 MB
Release : 2017-06-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1107159628
A fully revised second edition of this multi-author account of Canadian literature, from Aboriginal writing to Margaret Atwood.
Author : Derek Hughes
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 17,84 MB
Release : 2004-11-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1139826948
Traditionally known as the first professional woman writer in English, Aphra Behn has now emerged as one of the major figures of the Restoration. She provided more plays for the stage than any other author and greatly influenced the development of the novel with her ground-breaking fiction, especially Love-Letters between a Nobleman and his Sister and Oroonoko, the first English novel set in America. Behn's work straddles the genres: beside drama and fiction, she also excelled in poetry and she made several important translations from French libertine and scientific works. This Companion discusses and introduces her writings in all these fields and provides the critical tools with which to judge their aesthetic and historical importance. It also includes a full bibliography, a detailed chronology and a description of the known facts of her life. The Companion will be an essential tool for the study of this increasingly important writer and thinker.
