Munro, Lucy.

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.


Electronic books.

PR421 / .M86 2013

820.9/003