Anthony Munday and the Catholics, 1560-1633.0754606074 Anthony Munday Anthony Munday (or Monday) (1560?–August 10, 1633), was an English dramatist and miscellaneous writer. The chief interest in Munday for the modern reader lies in his collaboration with Shakespeare and others on the play Sir Thomas More and the Catholics, 1560-1633. Hamilton, Donna B. Ashgate Publishing Co. 2005 268 pages $94.95 Hardcover PR2719 Munday had one of the longest careers of any author of his generation and left a body of work larger and more varied than nearly all his contemporaries combined, but is regarded as a minor figure with no defined place in Renaissance literature Renaissance literature refers to European literature usually considered to be initiated by Petrarch at the beginning of the Italian Renaissance, and sometimes taken to continue to the English Renaissance and into the seventeenth century. and history. Hamilton (English, U. of Maryland) investigates the disparity dis·par·i·ty n. pl. dis·par·i·ties 1. The condition or fact of being unequal, as in age, rank, or degree; difference: "narrow the economic disparities among regions and industries" , and where possible opens up a slot in the dominant narratives about the period to find him a niche. She argues that he was not a poet on the level of Spenser or Shakespeare, was not a university of Inns of Court man, and operated according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. some assumptions that ran counter to those who were keen on a strong Protestant nation. Challenging the prevailing view of him as rabidly rab·id adj. 1. Of or affected by rabies. 2. Raging; uncontrollable: rabid thirst. 3. Extremely zealous or enthusiastic; fanatical: a rabid football fan. Protestant and anti-papist, she finds his religious sensibilities to have lain in the direction of Catholicism. ([c] 2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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