Literary studies: c 1400 to c 1600

First Published in 1966.

Pestilence in Medieval and Early Modern English Literature examines three diseases--leprosy, bubonic plague, and syphilis--to show how doctors, priests, and literary authors from the Middle Ages through the Renaissance interpreted certain illnesses through a moral filter.

Pestilence in Medieval and Early Modern English Literature examines three diseases--leprosy, bubonic plague, and syphilis--to show how doctors, priests, and literary authors from the Middle Ages through the Renaissance interpreted certain illnesses through a moral filter.

This is the first book on Richard III and the Tower of London, shedding new light on the King's reputation, the Castle's lore, and early modern literature's role in building associations between them.

This book is part of a 3-volume anthology of women's writing in Latin from antiquity to the early modern era.

This book is part of a 3-volume anthology of women's writing in Latin from antiquity to the early modern era.

The hardline, uncompromising theology preached by the English Church in the 16th and 17th Centuries had disturbing effects on the literature of the period.

The hardline, uncompromising theology preached by the English Church in the 16th and 17th Centuries had disturbing effects on the literature of the period.

This is a comprehensive introduction to the history of Western Philosophy from the Pre-Socratics to Twentieth Century thought.

This is a comprehensive introduction to the history of Western Philosophy from the Pre-Socratics to Twentieth Century thought.

In this timely new study, Borlik reveals the surprisingly rich potential for the emergent "e;green"e; criticism to yield fresh insights into early modern English literature.

The development of linear perspective in the 15th century represented a radical transformation in the European's sense of the world, the body and the self.

The development of linear perspective in the 15th century represented a radical transformation in the European's sense of the world, the body and the self.

The paperback edition, in four volumes, of this standard work will make it readily available to students.

The paperback edition, in four volumes, of this standard work will make it readily available to students.

Should we assume that people who lived some time ago were quite similar to us or should we assume that they need to be thought of as alien beings with whom we have little in common?

Should we assume that people who lived some time ago were quite similar to us or should we assume that they need to be thought of as alien beings with whom we have little in common?

Renaissance Drama in Action is a fascinating exploration of Renaissance theatre practice and staging.

Renaissance Drama in Action is a fascinating exploration of Renaissance theatre practice and staging.

Tragic Seneca undertakes a radical re-evaluation of Seneca's plays, their relationship to Roman imperial culture and their instrumental role in the evolution of the European theatrical tradition.

Tragic Seneca undertakes a radical re-evaluation of Seneca's plays, their relationship to Roman imperial culture and their instrumental role in the evolution of the European theatrical tradition.

The first comprehensive study on the role of Italian fashion and Italian literature, this book analyzes clothing and fashion as described and represented in literary texts and costume books in the Italy of the 16th and 17th centuries.

The first comprehensive study on the role of Italian fashion and Italian literature, this book analyzes clothing and fashion as described and represented in literary texts and costume books in the Italy of the 16th and 17th centuries.

The fruit of intensive collaboration among leading international specialists on the literature, religion and culture of early modern England, this volume examines the relationship between writing and religion in England from 1558, the year of the Elizabethan Settlement, up until the Act of Toleration of 1689.

The fruit of intensive collaboration among leading international specialists on the literature, religion and culture of early modern England, this volume examines the relationship between writing and religion in England from 1558, the year of the Elizabethan Settlement, up until the Act of Toleration of 1689.

The English language in the Renaissance was in many ways a collection of competing Englishes.

The English language in the Renaissance was in many ways a collection of competing Englishes.

This volume fills a gap in the literature on digital humanities (DH) in the Hispanic context by gathering a heterogeneous group of specialists who, from different standpoints in the humanities, explore Spanish texts as the object of study, DH as the work methodology, and Medieval and Early Modern Times as the historical framework.

Oppositional Voices is a study of six women writers in the late Elizabethan period, who, ignoring Renaissance society's injunction that women should confine themselves to religious compositions, wrote and translated poetry, drama and romantic fiction.

Oppositional Voices is a study of six women writers in the late Elizabethan period, who, ignoring Renaissance society's injunction that women should confine themselves to religious compositions, wrote and translated poetry, drama and romantic fiction.

Deeply informed and accessible, this Companion unveils Johnson''s strikingly progressive engagement in literature, politics, and society.

Deeply informed and accessible, this Companion unveils Johnson''s strikingly progressive engagement in literature, politics, and society.

This study illuminates the female voice as a means of signalling resistance to tyranny in early Stuart literature and discourse.

This study illuminates the female voice as a means of signalling resistance to tyranny in early Stuart literature and discourse.

Uses the idea of the box in early modern England to develop a new direction in book history and material culture.

Uses the idea of the box in early modern England to develop a new direction in book history and material culture.

This collection affirms the shaping authority of early modern women in literature and culture, evident well beyond their own moment.

This new collection enables students and general readers to appreciate Coleridge''s renewed relevance now, 250 years after his birth.

This new collection enables students and general readers to appreciate Coleridge''s renewed relevance now, 250 years after his birth.

This collection affirms the shaping authority of early modern women in literature and culture, evident well beyond their own moment.

This book provides new period-appropriate concepts for understanding Romantic-era physical disability through function and aesthetics.

This book provides new period-appropriate concepts for understanding Romantic-era physical disability through function and aesthetics.

This book explores how Ovid, as the poet-philosopher of the liberty of speech, galvanized poetic innovation in English Renaissance poetry.

The first comprehensive guide to women''s promotion and use of textual culture, in manuscript and print, in Renaissance Italy.

This book explores how Ovid, as the poet-philosopher of the liberty of speech, galvanized poetic innovation in English Renaissance poetry.

This collection provides the most comprehensive, multidisciplinary study of the works of Margaret Cavendish currently available.

Pioneering investigation into relationship between physical sense of taste, and taste as a term denoting judgement, in early modern England.

Pioneering investigation into relationship between physical sense of taste, and taste as a term denoting judgement, in early modern England.

This collection provides the most comprehensive, multidisciplinary study of the works of Margaret Cavendish currently available.

Expanding the ''death arts'' beyond mere mourning and loss, this anthology recuperates the generative power of Renaissance mortality.