1st Edition

Shakespeare, Spenser, Donne Renaissance Essays

By Frank Kermode Copyright 2005
    314 Pages
    by Routledge

    314 Pages
    by Routledge

    First published in 1971.

    This collection of essays discusses some of the central works and areas of literature in the Renaissance period of cultural history.

    Contents include: Spenser and the Allegorists; The Faerie Queene, I and V; The Cave of Mammon; The Banquet of Sense; John Donne; The Patience of Shakespeare; Survival fo the Classic; Shakespeare's Learning; The Mature Comedies; The Final Plays.

    Introduction; Chapter 1 Spenser and the Allegorists; Chapter 2 ‘The Faerie Queene’, I and V1See Preface.; Chapter 3 The Cave of Mammon; Chapter 4 The Banquet of Sense1See Preface.; Chapter 5 John Donne; Chapter 6 The Patience of Shakespeare; Chapter 7 Survival of the Classic; Chapter 8 Shakespeare's Learning1See Preface.; Chapter 9 The Mature Comedies; Chapter 10 The Final Plays; Chapter 11 Adam Unparadised;

    Biography

    Frank Kermode