Archaic style in English literature, 1590-1674 /Lucy Monro.

Munro, Lucy.

Archaic style in English literature, 1590-1674 /Lucy Monro. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographies and index.

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.



9781461950721


English language--Archaisms.
English language--Style.


Electronic Books.

PR421 / .A734 2013