The early seventeenth century 1600-1660 : Jonson, Donne, and Milton
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The early seventeenth century 1600-1660 : Jonson, Donne, and Milton
（The Oxford history of English literature / general editors, John Buxton ... [et al.], 7）
Clarendon Press, 1990
Available at 53 libraries
Note
Reprint of: 2nd ed. rev., 1962
"Originally published as vol. 5 with the title English literature in the earlier seventeenth century, 1600-1660" -- t.p. verso
Bibliography: p. [461]-668
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Part of the complete reissue of "The Oxford History of English Literature", this volume covers the first 60 years of the 17th century. The literature it examines ranges from poetry, prose and heroic verse to religious and scientific treatise.
Table of Contents
- The background of the age
- popular literature and translations
- the successors of Spenser - song-books and miscellanies
- Jonson, Donne and their successors
- the literature of travel
- essays and characters
- history and biography
- political thought
- science and scientific thought
- religion and religious thought
- heroic verse
- Milton.
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