Edmund Spenser in the Early Eighteenth Century Education, Imitation, and the Making of a Literary Model |
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| Author:
| Frushell, Richard C. |
| Series title: | Medieval and Renaissance Literary Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8207-0305-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1999 |
| Publisher: | Duquesne University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $58.00 |
Book Description:
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This book is a compelling investigation of a major writer's advent, reception, employment, growth, and influence in an age other than his own. Frushell explores many pertinent and largely unexamined primary documents, and this study serves as a primer for future critical scholarship as well as a guide to crucial primary material. A remarkable feature of this work is its three bibliographies, with the third giving a full account of well over 300 Spenser imitations and adaptations from...
More DescriptionThis book is a compelling investigation of a major writer's advent, reception, employment, growth, and influence in an age other than his own. Frushell explores many pertinent and largely unexamined primary documents, and this study serves as a primer for future critical scholarship as well as a guide to crucial primary material. A remarkable feature of this work is its three bibliographies, with the third giving a full account of well over 300 Spenser imitations and adaptations from the eighteenth century.