{"product_id":"classical-and-christian-ideas-in-english-renaissance-poetry-a-students-guide-9780415106474","title":"Classical and Christian Ideas in English","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince publication in 1979 Isabel Rivers' sourcebook has established itself as the essential guide to English Renaissance poetry. It:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eprovides an account of the main classical and Christian ideas, outlining their meaning, their origins and their transmission to the Renaissance;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eillustrates the ways in which Renaissance poetry drew on classical and Christian ideas;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003econtains extracts from key classical and Christian texts and relates these to the extracts of the English poems which draw on them;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eincludes suggestions for further reading, and an invaluable bibliographical appendix.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface to the First Edition Introduction: Renaissance Poetry and Modern Readers 1 The Golden Age and the Garden of Eden 2 The Pagan Gods 3 Platonism and Neoplatonism 4 Stoicism 5 Views of History 6 Cosmology 7 Reformation and Counter-Reformation 8 Protestant Theology 9 Humanism 10 Biblical Exegesis and Typology 11 Theories of Poetry 12 Allegory 13 Numerology","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd (Sales)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018107519319,"sku":"9780415106474","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/classical-and-christian-ideas-in-english-renaissance-poetry-a-students-guide-9780415106474","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}