Classical and Christian Ideas in English

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.

Preface to the Second Edition	p. vi
Preface to the First Edition	p. viii
Introduction Renaissance Poetry and Modern Readers	p. 1
The Golden Age and the Garden of Eden	p. 9
The Pagan Gods	p. 20
Platonism and Neoplatonism	p. 33
Stoicism	p. 44
Views of History	p. 54
Cosmology	p. 68
Reformation and Counter-Reformation	p. 88
Protestant Theology	p. 106
Humanism	p. 125
Biblical Exegesis and Typology	p. 140
Theories of Poetry	p. 150
Allegory	p. 160
Numerology	p. 170
A Note on the Division of Historical Periods	p. 183
Abbreviations	p. 184
References	p. 185
Further Reading	p. 193
Bibliographical Appendix	p. 205
Author Index	p. 229
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Classical and Christian Ideas in English Renaissance Poetry : A Student's Guide

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