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  • The Oxford English Literary History: Volume 4. 1603–1660: Literary Cultures of the Early Seventeenth Century

    The Oxford English Literary History by Eisaman Maus, Katharine;

    Volume 4. 1603–1660: Literary Cultures of the Early Seventeenth Century

    Series: Oxford English Literary History;

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    Product details:

    • Edition number 416031660
    • Publisher OUP Oxford
    • Date of Publication 3 April 2025

    • ISBN 9780198943327
    • Binding Hardback
    • No. of pages492 pages
    • Size 220x145x33 mm
    • Weight 740 g
    • Language English
    • 711

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    Short description:

    Surveys the rich English literary tradition, 1603-1660, in the context of the eventful decades between the accession of James I and the restoration of Charles II.

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    Long description:

    The Oxford English Literary History is the new century's definitive account of a rich and diverse literary heritage that stretches back for a millennium and more.

    Each of these thirteen groundbreaking volumes offers a leading scholar's considered assessment of the authors, works, cultural traditions, events, and ideas that shaped the literary voices of their age. The series will enlighten and inspire not only everyone studying, teaching, and researching in English Literature, but all serious readers.

    This volume surveys the rich English literary tradition, 1603-1660, in the context of the eventful decades between the accession of James I and the restoration of Charles II. The first Part describes the 'social rules of writing.' Who could become a writer in the early seventeenth century? How could a literary career be pursued? How was literary work disseminated? And how did those practices change between 1603 and 1660? The second Part discusses the period's most innovative and important literary genres including satiric city comedy, country house poetry, chorography, masque, tragedy, tragicomedy, religious poetry, epic, the poetry of love and friendship, and a variety of prose.

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    Table of Contents:

    Preface
    Introduction
    Part I Literature and Social Systems
    Who Were the Writers?
    Literary Careers
    Part II Important Literary Genres 1603-1660
    Thinking About Genre in Seventeenth-Century England
    A Sense of Place
    Authority, Obedience, and Defiance
    Forms of Devotion
    Intellect and Expression: Prose in the Early Seventeenth Century
    Bibliography

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