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The outlook of writers in the eighteenth century was profoundly influenced by the social and intellectual interests of Augustan life.…
Originally published in 1954, this book aims to describe that influence, and to set the literature of the period in its social environment with a critical attention. The treatment is compact but readable, and effective use is made of quotations from contemporary literature.The Comic Tales of Chaucer (Routledge Library Editions: Chaucer)
By T. W. Craik. 1964
Originally published in 1964. This book deals wholly with Chaucer’s comic tales. The individual tales are not discussed in isolation…
but always with reference to the others and to Chaucer’s poetry as a whole. By this comparison and analysis, this book illuminates the features of Chaucer’s many-sided art.Old English and Middle English Poetry (Routledge Library Editions: The Medieval World #39)
By Derek Pearsall. 1977
Originally published in 1977, Old English and Middle English Poetry provides a historical approach to English poetry. The book examines…
the conditions out of which poetry grew and argues that the functions that it was assigned are historically integral to an informed understanding of the nature of poetry. The book aims to relate poems to the intellectual and formal traditions by which they are shaped and given their being. This book will be of interest to students and academics studying or working in the fields of literature and history alike.The Fool of Quality: Volume 2 (Routledge Revivals)
By Henry Brooke. 1906
First published in 1906, The Fool of Quality; a picaresque and sentimental novel by the Irish writer Henry Brooke, is…
the only one of his works which has enjoyed any great reputation. The somewhat shapeless plot is an account of the doings of young Harry Clinton, who, rejected by his decadent and aristocratic father, is educated on enlightened principles by his philanthropic uncle. Thus equipped to fight the evils of the world the innocent yet wise hero does his best to better the lot of the unfortunate Hammel Clement and his family, and other deserving cases, in the intervals between the author's frequent philosophical digressions and commentaries on the action. This book is the second of five volumes.Numerological patterning in literature, where structural details of a literary work are symbolically related to its meaning on the verbal…
level, was particularly common from the Middle Ages up to the seventeenth century. Originally published in 1973, the author breaks new ground in revealing that familiarity with this technique lived on into the eighteenth century, supplying the more artistically aware of the early British novelists with meaningful formal guidelines. An account is given of the origins and continuity of the numerological tradition in Western European – and particularly English – thought as it affected literary structure. The careful structural patterning in the novels of Defoe and in Fielding’s Joseph Andrews and Tom Jones is examined in detail. Smollett, too, is shown to have been interested in exploring the possibilities of number and pattern, and the clear-cut numerological framework of Sterne’s Tristram Shandy is revealed. This original and controversial study combines structural analysis with fresh interpretative insights, and draws parallels with painting, music and architecture. It also has an important bearing on the history of ideas in the first half of the eighteenth century.Georg Büchner
By A. H. Knight. 1951
Originally published in 1951 this full length study gives an account of Büchner’s life and personality, together with an account…
of his three plays, his unfinished short story, his scientific publications and his translations of Hugo.Milton's Creation: A Guide through Paradise Lost (Routledge Library Editions: Milton #1)
By Harry Blamires. 1971
First published in 1971. The intention of Milton’s Creation is to provide the student with a simple and direct entry…
into Paradise Lost. The author is not concerned with taking sides in critical controversy. His aim is to elucidate Milton’s primary meanings; this is a work of exegesis, not of interpretation. In this new book, on arguably the greatest epic in the English language, the central substance of Milton’s ‘great Argument’ is articulated with great clarity. By keeping in mind the epic status and universality common to Paradise Lost and Ulysses, the author introduces a post-Joycean perspective into his vision of Milton’s Creation.Paradise Lost and the Classical Epic (Routledge Library Editions: Milton #2)
By Francis C. Blessington. 1979
This study, first published in 1979, explores the idea that all spheres of action - hell, heaven, and earth -…
of the classical epic is relevant to all parts of Paradise Lost. The author also examines the structure, style, and the narrator of the text. This title will be of great interest to students of Milton and English Literature.English Register of Godstow Nunnery, Near Oxford: Part I (Routledge Revivals)
By Andrew Clark. 1905
First published in 1905, these two volumes together reproduced the text of Rawlinson MS. B 408 from the Bodleian Library…
in two parts. They consist of a preface followed the full Middle English text with glosses. The initial section of the manuscript is slightly older and consists of prefixed liturgical pieces such as the Articles of Excommunication. This follows the common historical practice of combining manuscripts to encourage their preservation. The remainder of the text presents the reader with the Register of the Estates of Godstow Abbey. The manuscript was initially created as a translation of the Latin register in order to allow the nuns, who were literate in English but not Latin, to manage their own estates. This manuscript was, at the time of publication, the only known complete English-language cartulary made for a monastic house. It holds significant implications not only for the status, linguistic development and usage of the English language, but also for women’s history in the church and their socioeconomic agency, along with the ability of language to both restrict and open doors. The text includes its own introduction in which the founding of the Abbey by Dame Edyve of Winchester, first Abbess of Godstow, is recounted, followed by deeds relating to the local area.Tragedy (The Critical Idiom Reissued #1)
By Clifford Leech. 1969
First published in 1969, this work examines the genre of Tragedy from its origins in ancient Greece, to the modern…
day. Beginning with an overview of the meaning of tragedy in Europe through the ages, it goes on to explore common aspects of tragedies such as the tragic hero, the chorus and unities, catharsis, peripeteia, anagnorisis and suffering. This book will be of interest to anyone studying European drama and literature.The Ode (The Critical Idiom Reissued #29)
By John D. Jump. 1974
First published in 1974, this book provides a helpful overview to the ode. After introducing the reader to classical odes,…
it goes on to trace the development of two major types: the Pindaric ode and the Horatian ode. The book concludes with a study of odes from the nineteenth and twentieth-centuries. This book will be of particular interest to those studying poetry, verse form and literature more generally.Comedy of Manners (The Critical Idiom Reissued #36)
By David L. Hirst. 1979
First published in 1979, this book traces comedy of manners from the 1660s to the then present — a scope…
beyond the traditional focus on the Restoration and early twentieth century. It uncovers an underestimated subversive potential and socially critical force in this particularly English dramatic form, emphasising the distinctive subjects and style that distinguish it from more general forms of witty social satire. The author discusses the major comic dramatists of the post-Restoration period; reassesses the significance of Sheridan, Wilde and Coward; and examines the continuation of the tradition in modern writers. This book will be of interest to students of English literature and drama.This book, first published in 1975, is an examination of the theoretical foundation of the sociology of art and literature…
and an in-depth study in the sociology of knowledge. In discussing and clarifying some of the important philosophical issues in this field, the constant underlying reference is to the creative and artistic-expressive areas of knowledge – so that the better understanding of the social nature and genesis of all knowledge may point the way towards a similar comprehension of art and society.Drama & the Dramatic (The Critical Idiom Reissued #10)
By S. W. Dawson. 1970
First published in 1970, this book explores drama as literature and provides critical overviews of different aspects of drama and…
the dramatic. It first asks what a play is, before going on to examine dramatic language, action and tension, dramatic irony, characters and drama’s relationship with modern criticism and the novel. This book will be a valuable resource to those studying drama and English literature.Ariosto, Shakespeare and Corneille (Collected Works)
By Benedetto Croce. 1921
Originally published in 1921 this volume consists of the first of Croce’s literary criticisms to be published in English and…
as well as a section on Shakespeare, it contains unique essays on Ariosto and Corneille which together inaugurated a new era in literary criticism. The essays are based on Croce’s Theory of Aesthetic - a theory which to many is the only one that completely explains the problem of poetry and the fine arts - and as a result are profound and suggestive.Routledge Revivals: Buddhist Stories (Routledge Revivals)
By Paul Dahlke. 1913
First published in 1913, this book presents a translation of five stories written by the the author. Each of the…
five stories illustrates and elucidates central concepts in Buddhist philosophy while eschewing any technical terminology. As such, this book is ideal for those seeking an accessible introduction to Buddhist philosophy and will provide a platform for further study.A Research Guide to Science Fiction Studies: An Annotated Checklist of Primary and Secondary Sources for Fantasy and Science Fiction (Routledge Library Editions: Modern Fiction)
By Marshall B. Tymn, Roger C. Schlobin and Lloyd W. Currey. 1977
Academic attention to science fiction and fantasy began in 1958, when the Modern Language Association scheduled its first seminar on…
science fiction at its New York meeting. Over the years science fiction emerged as a popular subject that achieved critical attention and acceptance as an academic discipline. A Research Guide to Science Fiction Studies, originally published in 1977, is designed to provide the reader – whether they be scholar, teacher, librarian, or fan – with a comprehensive listing of the important research tools that have been published in the United States and England through 1976. The volume contains over 400 selected, annotated entries covering both general and specialized sources, including general surveys, histories, genre studies, author studies, bibliographies, and indices, which span the entire range of science fiction and fantasy scholarship.Goethe: Con Una Scelta Delle Liriche Nuovamente Tradotte (classic Reprint) (Collected Works)
By Benedetto Croce. 1923
Croce admired Goethe partly because the latter possessed a knowledge of human nature in all its aspects but nonetheless kept…
his mind above and beyond political sympathies and the quarrels of nations. In this volume originally published in English in 1923, Croce distils his critical ideas about Goethe with the aim of helping readers to better understand the German poet’s work.The Poetry of John Lydgate (Routledge Library Editions: The Medieval World #40)
By Alain Renoir. 1967
Originally published in 1967, The Poetry of John Lydgate presents a broad discussion of John Lydgate’s secular poetry. It reassesses…
much of the poetry through critical examination and suggests that Lydgate was not necessarily the master that the medieval ages proclaimed him to be, nor the plain poet that he is often seen as in modern analysis. Instead, the book suggest that he was a competent poetic craftsman that presents substantial literary form in his poetry. The analysis in the book looks at Lydgate as atypical of the Middle Ages, instead exhibiting traits currently linked to the Renaissance. The book provides a unique perspective on John Lydgate as a poet and will be of interest to medievalist and literary historians alike.The Grotesque (The Critical Idiom Reissued #23)
By Philip Thomson. 1972
First published in 1972, this book provides a helpful overview of the grotesque and its use in a number of…
literary genres including novels, drama and poetry. After providing a historical summary of the term, the book discusses the various defining aspects of the grotesque and its relationship to other terms and modes of literature, such as satire, the comic and parody. The final chapter presents the functions and purpose of the grotesque in literature. This book will be a useful resource for those studying literary theory and literary works which include an element of the grotesque.