| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction : conceptualising archaism -- Within our own memory : old English and the early modern poet -- Chaucer, Gower, and the anxiety of obsolescence -- Archaic style in religious writing: immutability, controversy, prophecy -- Staging generations: archaism and the theatrical past -- Shepherds' speech : archaism and early Stuart pastoral drama -- Archaism and the 'English' epic -- Coda : looking backward, looking forward. |
| Summary |
Munro explores the conscious use of archaic language by poets and dramatists including Shakespeare, Spenser, Jonson and Milton. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism.
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English language -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Style.
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English language -- Early modern -- Style. |
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English language -- Archaisms.
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English language -- Archaisms. |
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English language -- Style.
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English language -- Style. |
| Chronological Term |
1500-1700 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Munro, Lucy. Archaic style in English literature, 1590-1674 9781107042797 (DLC) 2013014368 (OCoLC)842350611 |
| ISBN |
9781461950721 (electronic book) |
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1461950724 (electronic book) |
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9781107337480 (electronic book) |
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1107337488 (electronic book) |
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9781107042797 |
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1107042798 |
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