James Doelman

The epigram in England, 1590-1640

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

James Doelman's book is the first major study on the Renaissance English epigram since 1947. It combines thorough description of the genre's history and conventions with consideration of the rootedness of individual epigrams within specific social, political and religious contexts.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juni 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 717g
• ISBN-13: 9780719096440
• ISBN-10: 0719096448
• Artikelnr.: 45604282

Autorenporträt

James Doelman is Associate Professor in the Department of English at Brescia University College, University of Western Ontario

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. The classical, Medieval and Renaissance inheritance 2. 'A
Curter kind of Satyre'? The epigram, proximate genres and terminology 3.
The contexts of epigram composition 4. Buzzed, scrawled and printed:
composition and circulation of topical epigrams 5. Epigrams in manuscript
6. Epigrams in print 7. Authorship 8. The readers of printed epigram books
9. Two facets of the epigram: names and responsiveness 10. The epigram and
political comment 11. The feigned epitaph 12. The religious epigram Coda:
Harington's 'Of Moyses' Select bibliography Index