Archaic style in English literature, 1590-1674 / [electronic resource]
Lucy Monro.
- 1 online resource (322 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references 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.
9781107468962 (e-book)
English literature--History and criticism.--Early modern, 1500-1700 English language--Style.--Early modern, 1500-1700 English language--Archaisms. English language--Style.