The Oxford handbook of English prose 1500 - 1640

This volume is the only current overview of early modern English prose writing. The aim of the volume is to make prose more visible as a subject and as a mode of writing. It covers a vast range of material vital for the understanding of the period: from jestbooks, newsbooks, and popular romance to t...

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Subtitles:English prose 1500 - 1640
Handbook of English prose 1500 - 1640
Contributors: Hadfield, Andrew 1962- (Editor)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2013
In:Year: 2013
Reviews:[Rezension von: Hadfield, Andrew, The Oxford Handbook of English Prose 1500–1640] (2014) (Alford, Stephen)
Edition:1. ed.
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B English language / Prose / History 1500-1640
Further subjects:B Collection of essays
B English prose literature Early modern, 1500-1700 History and criticism
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Summary:This volume is the only current overview of early modern English prose writing. The aim of the volume is to make prose more visible as a subject and as a mode of writing. It covers a vast range of material vital for the understanding of the period: from jestbooks, newsbooks, and popular romance to the translation of the classics and the pioneering collections of scientific writing and travel writing; from diaries, tracts on witchcraft, and domestic conduct books to rhetorical treatises designed for a courtly audience; from little known works such as William Baldwin's 'Beware the Cat', probably the first novel in English, to The Bible, 'The Book of Common Prayer' and Richard Hooker's eloquent statement of Anglican belief, 'The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity'
Item Description:Literaturangaben. - Literaturverz. S. [686] - 732
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ISBN:0199580685