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Acknowledgements Notes on Texts and Preface The Regulation and Censorship of Early Modern Drama Licensed Fools: The 1598 Watershed Obscenity and Profanity: Sir Henry Herbert's Problems with the Players and Archbishop Laud, 1632-34 Marlowe: Censorship and...

Contents Acknowledgements Introduction PART ONE: THE YEARS OF THE REVOLUTION Introduction (Religious Musings) Erasmus Darwin: from the Bastille to Birmingham William Blake and Revolutionary Prophecy The English Jacobins PART TWO: THE WAR AGAINST NAPOLEON...

Paul O'Grady's study provides an in-depth analysis of Aquinas's contribution to the philosophy of religion. It begins by situating him within that discipline and potential objections to such an enterprise are examined. Aquinas's contexts are then...

"The Sapphic impression of emotion poured out in unpremeditated speech is the product of sophisticated art. Such poetry confronts the translator with a formidable challenge.... Jim Powell is fully aware of the dangers, and speaks of the...

The Leopold Shakespeare V2 is a book that contains the complete works of William Shakespeare in chronological order, as compiled by Professor Delius. This edition includes The Two Noble Kinsmen and Edward III, which are often excluded from other...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

Songs and Sonnets is a collection of poems written by Helena Coleman and published in 1906. The book includes a variety of lyrical and sonnet-style poems that explore themes of love, nature, and spirituality. The poems are written in a traditional style,...

Belle dame sans merci (Beautiful lady with no mercy) (1424) is not readily available in moden English translation elsewhere, making this an essential addition to any library with a medieval literature or French literature collection.

A wide variety of texts by the Latin satirists are presented here in a fully loaded resource to provide an innovative reading of satire's relation to Roman ideology. Brimming with notes, commentaries, essays and texts in translation, this book succeeds...

Serialization is an old narrative strategy and a form of publication that can be traced far back in literary history, yet serial narratives are as popular as ever. This book investigates a resurgence of serial narratives in contemporary literary culture...

Emotive language is now best understood by combining the analytic techniques of classical rhetoric with current linguistic practices. With or without prompting, the "passions" of Renaissance culture can stir contrary feelings in today's readers, which...

List of Maps - General Editor's Preface - Introduction - List of Abbreviations - A SPENSER CHRONOLOGY - The Spenser Circle - Select Bibliography - Index

Acknowledgements - Abbreviations - Introduction - Poetic Personality - Hunger of the Imagination - Solitary Wonder - Family and Nation - Poetry of Reality - Larkins' Proper Peers - Notes - Bibliography - Index

Acknowledgements - Preface - The English Novel: Modernism and After - Henry Green - Anthony Powell - Graham Greene - Evelyn Waugh - Conclusion - Notes - Index