The Wit to Know: Essays on English Renaissance Literature for Edward Tayler.Hill, Eugene D., and William Kerrigan, eds. The Wit to Know: Essays on English Renaissance The English Renaissance was a cultural and artistic movement in England dating from the early 16th century to the early 17th century. It is associated with the pan-European Renaissance that many cultural historians believe originated in northern Italy in the fourteenth century. Literature for Edward Tayler Fairfield, CT: George Herbert
George Herbert (April 3, 1593 – March 1, 1633) was a Welsh poet, orator and a priest. Journal Special Studies and Monographs, 2000. vi + 170 pp. index. $25. ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m : 1-888112-53-0. This collection of essays is published in honor of Edward Tayler, the retired professor of English who is the most decorated teacher in the history of Columbia University Columbia University, mainly in New York City; founded 1754 as King's College by grant of King George II; first college in New York City, fifth oldest in the United States; one of the eight Ivy League institutions. . In the book's introduction, William Kerrigan traces Tayler's intellectual development from his studies with Theodore Baird at Amherst and with Yvor Winters at Stanford, describes his major published work (Nature and Art in Renaissance Literature; Milton's Poetry: Its Development in Time; Donner Idea ofa Woman: Structure and Meaning in The Anniversaries), and praises Tayler especially as "a great and original teacher." Notes on contributors and an index are provided. Essays include: Kerrigan, William, "Introduction"; Seelig, Sharon Cadman, "'I fetch my life and being from men of royal siege': Ghostly Paradigms in Othello"; Sokol, B.J., "Text-in-History: The Tempest and New World Cultural Encounters"; Flynn, Dennis, "Donne, the Man, the Legend"; Henderson, Diane E., "King and No King: 'The Exequy' as an Antebellum Poem"; Tuck, Jonathan, "'Th ou Fall'st, My Tongue': Success and Failure in the Cary-Morison Ode"; O'Reilly, Mary Oates, "A New Song: Singing Space in Milton's Nativity Ode"; Hill, Eugene D., "Milton Borrows a Word: Or, Cherubim cherubim four-winged, four-faced angels inspired Ezekiel to carry God’s message to the people. [O.T.: Ezek. 1:15] See : Angel cherubim defended tree of life with flaming swords. [O.T.: Genesis 3:24] See : Guardianship 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 "; Biester, James, "Wit's Post-Mortem: John Constable's Reflections upon Accuracy of Style"; Kerrigan, William, "Of Scorn." |
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