Joy of the Worm. Suicide and Pleasure in Early Modern English Literature, Paperback - Professor Drew Daniel

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Professor Drew DanielIllustration(s): 3 halftonesNumber of pages: 288Collection: Thinking Lite...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Professor Drew DanielIllustration(s): 3 halftonesNumber of pages: 288Collection: Thinking Lite...

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Counsel and Command in Early Modern English Thought establishes the precise role political counsel played during the 'monarchy of counsel', from th...

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Publisher: British Museum PressAuthor(s): Akiko YanoIllustration(s): With over 400 colour illustrationsNumber of pages: 566Publication date: 2013Di...

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This volume updates current assumptions about the early modern English sonnet and its reception and inclusion in poetic collections. It deals both ...

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Publisher: Modern Language Association of AmericaNumber of pages: 396Collection: Options for Teaching 25Publication date: 2010Cover type: HardbackE...

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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCIllustration(s): 20 bw illusNumber of pages: 336Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 139 x 216 x 22Cover type: Pap...

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Demonstrates the importance of textual production to understanding the place of drama in the early modern public sphere. This collection of essays ...

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A History of English Literature has received exceptional reviews. Tracing the development of one of the world's richest literatures from the Old En...

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Reducere. An introduction to Early Modern English, this book helps students of English and linguistics to place the language of the period 1500-1700 in its h...

Drawing on family and communal records, diaries, memoirs, literary works, and other sources, the author reconstructs the fascinating story of how P...

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