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First published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Product Description: La evolucion generica de la ficcion sentimental analyzes the genre of the novela sentimental or ficción sentimental, which flourished between around 1440 and 1550. These novels, or prosimetra, focus on courtly love and its negative effects on society, bringing about destruction, tragedy, and frustration: unlucky lovers, particularly men, who cannot fulfill their desire, perceive love as dangerous and unproductive, while equally it is seen from the outside as ridiculous...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Book by Kallendorf, Craig

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Product Description: "The editors of this book have brought together a collection of first-rate essays that display the range and fecundity of contemporary theory."--Ralph Flores, Philosophy and Literature.

Literature Criticism From 1400-1800 assembles critical responses to the literatures of the 15th through the 18th centuries, covering writers and works of fiction, poetry, drama, journalism, philosophy, political theory, science, math and other genres from every region of the world. Each of the more than 200 volumes in this long-standing series profiles approximately 3-6 writers, works or topics by providing full-text or excerpted criticism reproduced from books, magazines, literary reviews, newspapers and scholarly journals. Clear, accessible introductory essays followed by carefully selected critical responses allow end-users to engage with a variety of scholarly views and conversations about authors, works and literary topics. Introductory essays are written and entries compiled by professional literature researchers and other subject matter experts. A full citation and annotation precede each of the approximately 50 essays per volume; many include an author portrait. The series currently covers more than 500 authors and also includes numerous entries focusing on literary topics and individual works. Students writing papers or class presentations, instructors preparing their syllabi, or anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the period will find this a highly useful resource.

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Presents the epic story of King Arthur, his Knights of the Round Table, the sword of Excalibur, and his tragic and poetic death

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In this work C. A. Patrides examines the Renaissance vision of a comely method and proportion" throughout the universe, whether in the vertical arrangement of the created order "from the Mushrome to the Angels" or the horizontal progress of history along a linear path from the Creation to the Last Judgment. Originally published in 1982. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Product Description: First published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Product Description: In an assessment of the new historicism as a form of historical knowledge, Albert Tricomi moves beyond it to present what he calls new cultural historicism. In pursuing this theme, he examines Tudor-Stuart representations of surveillance and the cultural oversight of the sexual body as revealed in Elizabethan-Jacobean drama to bring together two discourses that have not been joined before...read more

Product Description: Book by Cole, Douglas