Totaro presents together for the first time modernised versions of ten of the most poignant of plague poems in the English language-each composed in heroic verse and responding to the urgent need to justify the ways of God in times of social, religious and political upheaval. Showcasing unusual combinations of passion and restraint, heart-wrenching lamentation and nation-building fervour, these epic poems function as literary memorials to the plague-time fallen.
Totaro presents together for the first time modernised versions of ten of the most poignant of plague poems in the English language-each composed in heroic verse and responding to the urgent need to justify the ways of God in times of social, religious and political upheaval. Showcasing unusual combinations of passion and restraint, heart-wrenching lamentation and nation-building fervour, these epic poems function as literary memorials to the plague-time fallen.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Rebecca Totaro is Professor of English at Florida Gulf Coast University, author of Suffering in Paradise: The Bubonic Plague in English Literature from More to Milton, and General Editor of the Medieval & Renaissance Literary Studies book series.
Inhaltsangabe
Contents: Part 1 An Introduction to the Plague in Heroic Measures, 1603-1721: Part 2 The Poems: William Muggins, London's Mourning Garment Thomas Dekker and Thomas Middleton, News from Graves-end John Davies, The Triumph of Death Richard Milton, London's Misery John Taylor, The Fearful Summer Abraham Holland, A Description of the Great, Fearful and Prodigious Plague George Wither, Britain's Remembrance William Austin, Epiloimia epe or The Anatomy of the Pestilence Thomas Clark, Meditations in my Confinement Christopher Pitt, The Plague of Marseilles Glossary Index of names Bibliography Index.
Contents: Part 1 An Introduction to the Plague in Heroic Measures, 1603-1721: Part 2 The Poems: William Muggins, London's Mourning Garment Thomas Dekker and Thomas Middleton, News from Graves-end John Davies, The Triumph of Death Richard Milton, London's Misery John Taylor, The Fearful Summer Abraham Holland, A Description of the Great, Fearful and Prodigious Plague George Wither, Britain's Remembrance William Austin, Epiloimia epe or The Anatomy of the Pestilence Thomas Clark, Meditations in my Confinement Christopher Pitt, The Plague of Marseilles Glossary Index of names Bibliography Index.
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