A history of seventeenth-century English literature.9780631221692 A history of seventeenth-century English literature English literature, literature written in English since c.1450 by the inhabitants of the British Isles; it was during the 15th cent. that the English language acquired much of its modern form. . Corns, Thomas N. Blackwell Publishing 2007 463 pages $89.95 Hardcover Blackwell histories of literature PR431 After a thorough consideration of the conditions for literary production and consumption in the early 17th century, Corns (English, U. of Wales Wales, Welsh Cymru, western peninsula and political division (principality) of Great Britain (1991 pop. 2,798,200), 8,016 sq mi (20,761 sq km), west of England; politically united with England since 1536. The capital is Cardiff. , Bangor) continues with the major dynastic dy·nas·ty n. pl. dy·nas·ties 1. A succession of rulers from the same family or line. 2. A family or group that maintains power for several generations: disruption of the end of the house of Tudor and the inception of the Stuart era and its consequent shift in patterns of patronage and in dominant religious and political ideologies. In beginning with the late Elizabethan period and ending with the very end of the 17th century, Corns reexamines traditional boundaries of literary historical periodization Periodization is the attempt to categorize or divide time into discrete named blocks. The result is a descriptive abstraction that provides a useful handle on periods of time with relatively stable characteristics. and situates individual works in the midst Adv. 1. in the midst - the middle or central part or point; "in the midst of the forest"; "could he walk out in the midst of his piece?" midmost of the social and political events of their time. ([c]20072005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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