Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800 books

Alongside Spenser, Sidney and the early Donne, Shakespeare is the major poet of the 16th century, largely because...  Read More >>

An introduction to the ever-expanding field of early modern women's writing, which challenges the conventional view...  Read More >>

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Volume XII in The Oxford Edition of the Sermons of John Donne contains nine sermons preached by Donne as Dean of...  Read More >>

Jason Crawford explores the emergence of modernity by investigating the early modern poetics of allegorical narrative....  Read More >>

This volume investigates the early modern understanding of twinship, discussing twins appearing in anatomy tracts,...  Read More >>

Explores early modern ludic culture, interpreting ""playthings"" as both objects and persons, and early modern play...  Read More >>

This book explores what remains an under-studied aspect of Samuel Johnson's profile as a person and writer - namely,...  Read More >>

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This anthology of 18th-century poetry is extensively annotated for a new generation of readers. It includes selections...  Read More >>

This study of Marvell looks at both his political poetry and his political prose, revealing his life long commitment...  Read More >>

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This book is the first comparative study of early modern English and Dutch women writers.  Read More >>

This book provides compelling new readings of William Blake’s poetry and art, including the first sustained account...  Read More >>

The first available work devoted specifically to the enormous wealth and variety of neo-Latin literature, including...  Read More >>

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This book examines the two-way influence between Shakespeare and his company's main competitors in the 1590s, the...  Read More >>

Through his study of the adaptations, Biberman pinpoints aspects of behavior and psychology that no longer ring...  Read More >>

Das Lehrgedicht Urania des Neapolitaner Humanisten Giovanni Pontano (1428-1503) beschreibt in funf Buchern auf Grundlage...  Read More >>

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""This collection began to take shape in November 2013 when we hosted a two-day symposium, 'Family politics in early...  Read More >>

Fictional Matter argues that chemical definitions of particulate matter shaped eighteenth-century British science...  Read More >>

Situating Herbert's work in the context of shifting ideas of biblical mystery, Gary Kuchar shows how Herbert negotiated...  Read More >>

First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.  Read More >>