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This first-of-its-kind concordance is a computerized index of word frequency in six Elizabethan sonnet sequences, all done or begun in the 1590's. The poems are indexed collectively with a single merged index, permitting the user to focus on areas of similarity and dissimilarity and to examine the text for stylistic differences. Each index word, in modern spelling, heads an entry, and following it are a line of context and frequency count. In addition, an appendix contains word lists and frequency for each sonnet sequence.
Exploring the boundaries between poetry and history on three of England's epic literary works, Galbraith argues that they enter into a dialogue with classical and contemporary predecessors with implications for understanding the English Renaissance.
Originally published: New York: Simon & Schuster, 2016.
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Some of the most important authors in British poetry left their mark onliterature before 1600, including Geoffrey Chaucer, Edmund Spenser, and, of course, William Shakespeare. "The Facts On File Companion to British Poetry before 1600"is an encyclopedic guide to British poetry from the beginnings to theyear 1600, featuring approximately 600 entries ranging in length from300 to 2,500 words.
Reading Sixteenth-Century Poetry combines close readings of individual poems with a critical consideration of the historical context in which they were written. Informative and original, this book has been carefully designed to enable readers to understand, enjoy, and be inspired by sixteenth-century poetry. Close reading of a wide variety of sixteenth-century poems, canonical and non-canonical, by men and by women, from print and manuscript culture, across the major literary modes and genres Poems read within their historical context, with reference to five major cultural revolutions: Renaissance humanism, the Reformation, the modern nation-state, companionate marriage, and the scientific r...
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