Shakespeare, Spenser, Donne: Renaissance Essays

by Frank Kermode

Overview

First published in 1971.

This collection of essays discusses some of the central works and areas of literature in the Renaissance period of cultural history.

Contents include: Spenser and the Allegorists; The Faerie Queene, I and V; The Cave of Mammon; The Banquet of Sense; John Donne; The Patience of Shakespeare; Survival fo the Classic; Shakespeare's Learning; The Mature Comedies; The Final Plays.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415758963
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/10/2014
Pages:	314
Sales rank:	734,737
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Frank Kermode

Table of Contents

Introduction; Chapter 1 Spenser and the Allegorists; Chapter 2 ‘The Faerie Queene’, I and V1See Preface.; Chapter 3 The Cave of Mammon; Chapter 4 The Banquet of Sense1See Preface.; Chapter 5 John Donne; Chapter 6 The Patience of Shakespeare; Chapter 7 Survival of the Classic; Chapter 8 Shakespeare's Learning1See Preface.; Chapter 9 The Mature Comedies; Chapter 10 The Final Plays; Chapter 11 Adam Unparadised;