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
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