English Poetry of the Sixteenth Century

by Waller,Gary F.

• ISBN13: 9780582090965
• ISBN10: 0582090962
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1993-11-08
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Explores the poetry of the Renaissance, from Dunbar in the late 15th century to the Songs and Sonnets of John Donne in the early 17th. The book offers more than the wealth of literature discussed: it is a pioneering work in its own right, bringing the insights of contemporary literary and cultural theory to an overview of the period.

Table of Contents

Reading the Poetry of the Sixteenth Century

Language, the Poet and the World

Erected Wit and Infected Will: Cultural Contraction in the Lyric

A Century of Court Poets: Dunbar, Wyatt, Ralegh, Greville

The Sidneys and Their Circle

Spenser and The Faerie Queene

The Poetry of Shakespeare and the Early Donne

Gendering the Muse: The Emergence of Women's Poetry

Conclusion Reopening the Canon

Chronology

General Bibliographies:

Approach and methodology

General background studies (historical and cultural)

General studies of literature

Studies and anthologies of poetry

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