| Allegory and Epic in English Renaissance Literature: Heroic Form in Sidney, Spenser, and Milton Contributor(s): Borris, Kenneth (Author), Kenneth, Borris (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521100097 ISBN-13: 9780521100090 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $47.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2009 Annotation: Challenging conventional readings of literary allegorism, Borris reassesses Renaissance relations between allegory and heroic poetry. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Drama - Poetry | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 821.032 |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6" W x 9" (1.09 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Challenging conventional notions that literary allegorism declined around 1600, Kenneth Borris reassesses the Renaissance relations between allegory and heroic poetry. He concentrates particularly on the major texts of Sidney, Spenser and Milton. Borris offers a fresh approach to the interaction of allegory with literary genres; focusing on epic, he further analyzes the distinctive codes and conventions that constituted the generic repertoire of Renaissance allegorical epic poetry. |