Dictionary of Literary Biography |
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| Author:
| Layman, Bruccoli-Clark
Clark,
Layman, Richard |
| Series title: | Dictionary of Literary Biography Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8103-5395-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1994 |
| Publisher: | Cengage Gale
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| Imprint: | Gale Research International, Limited |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $523.60 |
Book Description:
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The writers discussed in this volume, like those in DLB 132: Sixteenth-Century British Nondramatic Writers, First Series, are conveniently labeled "Renaissance authors," but they were far more than literary discoverers and revivers, or adapters and imitators, of "reborn" classical texts. Their works are often strikingly new, even revolutionary. Collectively, their literary biographies document innovation on a scale perhaps unequaled in the history of the English language and in a...
More DescriptionThe writers discussed in this volume, like those in DLB 132: Sixteenth-Century British Nondramatic Writers, First Series, are conveniently labeled "Renaissance authors," but they were far more than literary discoverers and revivers, or adapters and imitators, of "reborn" classical texts. Their works are often strikingly new, even revolutionary. Collectively, their literary biographies document innovation on a scale perhaps unequaled in the history of the English language and in a diversity that almost defies classification.53 entries include: Anne Askew, Thomas Becon, Nicholas Breton, Robert Devereux, Elizabeth I,Thomas Elyo, Desiderius Erasmus, George Gascoigne, Elizabeth Grymeston, Sir John Harington, John Heywood, Sir Thomas Moore, Catherine Parr, John Skelton, George Whetstone, Isabella Whitney.