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It  \n• provides an account of the main classical and Christian ideas, outlining their meaning, their origins and their transmission to the Renaissance;  \n• illustrates the ways in which Renaissance poetry drew on classical and Christian ideas;  \n• contains extracts from key classical and Christian texts and relates these to the extracts of the English poems which draw on them;  \n• includes suggestions for further reading, and an invaluable bibliographical appendix. In this new edition, the bibliographies have been updated to take account of important recent publications in philosophy, religion and Renaissance studies.  \nDr Isabel Rivers is a Fellow and Tutor in English of St Hugh’s College, Oxford.  \nBy the same author  \nThe Poetry of Conservatism 1600–1745: A Study of Poets and Public Affairs from Jonson to Pope (1973)  \nBooks and their Readers in Eighteenth-Century England (editor) (1982)  \nReason, Grace, and Sentiment: A Study of the Language of Religion and Ethics in England, 1660–1780, volume I: Whichcote to Wesley (1991)  \nClassical and Christian Ideas in English Renaissance Poetry  \nA Students’ Guide  \nSecond Edition  \nISABEL RIVERS  \nLondon and New York  \nFirst published in 1979 by George Allen & Unwin (Publishers) Ltd Second edition 1994  \nRoutledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005.  \n“To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of [thousands of eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk](thousands of eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk).”  \n© George Allen & Unwin (Publishers) Ltd 1994  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.  \nBritish Library Cataloguing in Publication Data  \nRivers, Isabel  \nClassical and Christian Ideas in English  \nRenaissance Poetry  \n1. English poetry—Early modern, 1500–1700—History and criticism. 2. Christianity and literature  \n3. Literature and history I. Title 821.′3′ 093 PR538.C/78–40853  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloguing in Publication Data Rivers, Isabel  \nClassical and Christian Ideas in English Renaissance Poetry: Astudents’ guide/Isabel Rivers.—2nd ed.  \n[p. cm](p. cm).  \nIncludes bibliographical references and index.  \n1. English poetry—Early modern, 1500–1700—History and criticism.  \n2. Christian poetry, English—History and criticism. 3. English poetry—Classical influences. 4. Christianity and literature.  \n5. Renaissance—England. 6. Classicism—England. I. Title.  \nPR535 .R4R58 1994 821′.3′093–dc20 94–12710 ISBN 0-203-35995-X Master e-book ISBN  \nISBN 0-203-37251-4 (Adobe eReader Format)  \nISBN 0-415-10646-X (hbk)  \nISBN 0-415-10647-8 (pbk)  \nContents  \nPreface to the Second Edition vii  \nPreface to the First Edition ix  \nIntroduction: Renaissance Poetry and Modern Readers 1  \n1 The Golden Age and the Garden of Eden 9  \n2 The Pagan Gods 21  \n3 Platonism and Neoplatonism 35  \n4 Stoicism 45  \n5 Views of History 55  \n6 Cosmology 69  \n7 Reformation and Counter-Reformation 89  \n8 Protestant Theology 107  \n9 Humanism 125  \n10 Biblical Exegesis and Typology 139  \n11 Theories of Poetry 149  \n12 Allegory 159  \n13 Numerology 169  \nA Note on the Division of Historical Periods 181  \nAbbreviations 183  \nReferences 185  \nFurther Reading 193  \nBibliographical Appendix 205  \nA English Renaissance Authors 205  \nvi  \nB Classical, Medieval and Continental Renaissance Authors 206  \nAuthor Index 227  \n(Note: numbers in parentheses in the introductory sections refer to the extracts at the end of each cha","cbCaiaAS0tV8whYw","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiaAS0tV8whYw","pdf",1529818,243,"English","# Preface to the Second Edition\n# Preface to the First Edition\n# Introduction: Renaissance Poetry and Modern Readers\n# The Golden Age and the Garden of Eden\n# The Pagan Gods\n# Platonism and Neoplatonism\n# Stoicism\n# Views of History\n# Cosmology\n# Reformation and Counter-Reformation\n# Protestant Theology\n# Humanism\n# Biblical Exegesis and Typology\n# Theories of Poetry\n# Allegory\n# Numerology\n# A Note on the Division of Historical Periods\n# Abbreviations\n# References\n# Further Reading\n# Bibliographical Appendix\n## A English Renaissance Authors\n## B Classical, Medieval and Continental Renaissance Authors\n# Author Index","[{\"question\":\"What does this handbook cover about classical and Christian ideas?\",\"answer\":\"It accounts for the main classical and Christian ideas, outlining their meanings, origins, and transmission to the Renaissance.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the book connect ideas from source texts to English poems?\",\"answer\":\"It includes extracts from key classical and Christian texts and relates them to the extracts from English poems that draw on them.\"},{\"question\":\"What is new in the second edition?\",\"answer\":\"Bibliographies have been updated to consider important recent publications in philosophy, religion, and Renaissance studies, while much of the structure and chapter extract collections remain unchanged aside from minor corrections.\"}]","Classical and Christian Ideas in English Renaissance Poetry - A Students’ Guide - Second Edition | PDF",374]