
English Literature in the Sixteenth Century (excluding Drama)
HarperCollins · Hardcover · August 23, 2022
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- Who it’s for
- A brisk, learned guide for reading the sixteenth century without getting lost in the footnotes.
- Genres
- British & Irish Literary Criticism, Poetry Criticism, Tudor & Elizabethan Britain
- Published
- HarperCollins, August 23, 2022
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C. S. Lewis offers a magisterial take on the literature and poetry of one of the most consequential periods in world history, providing deep insight into some of the greatest writers of the age, including Edmund Spenser, William Shakespeare, William Tyndale, John Knox, Dr. Johnson, Richard Hooker, Hugh Latimer, Christopher Marlowe, John Donne, and Thomas Cranmer.
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English Literature in the Sixteenth Century is an invigorating overview of English literature from the Norman Conquest through the mid-seventeenth century from one of the greatest public intellectuals of the modern age. In this wise, distinctive collection, C. S. Lewis expounds on the profound impact prose and poetry had on both British intellectual life and his own critical thinking and writing, demonstrated in his deep reflections and essays. This incisive work is essential for any serious literature scholar, intellectual Anglophile, or C. S. Lewis fan.
Sixteenth-Century Guide
A brisk, learned guide for reading the sixteenth century without getting lost in the footnotes.
Come here for
- classroom-ready reference
- Lewis’s guiding voice through sixteenth-century literature
Expect
- history-facing literary criticism
- close attention to English prose and verse
Where it sits
| British & Irish Literary Criticism | 90% |
|---|---|
| Tudor & Elizabethan Britain | 35% |
| Poetry Criticism | 23% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Art Criticism & Ideas
- Art History
- Education Resources
- Tudor & Elizabethan Britain
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- World History
- British & Irish Literary Criticism
- Books & Reading
- Literary Criticism Reference
- Authors
- C. S. Lewis
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- August 23, 2022
- Format
- Hardcover
- Reading lane
- Art Criticism & Ideas