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Sixteenth-Century English Literature

  • Textbook
  • © 1982

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Authors:
  1. Murray Roston
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Part of the book series: Macmillan History of Literature (HL)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. The dual vision

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    Pages 1-11

  3. In search of a prose style

    • Murray Roston
    Pages 12-33

  4. The music of poetry

    • Murray Roston
    Pages 34-54

  5. The growth of secular drama

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    Pages 55-81

  6. Into the playhouse

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    Pages 82-99

  7. ‘Grub Street’

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    Pages 100-125

  8. Harmony and proportion

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    Pages 126-157

  9. Marlowe’s mighty line

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    Pages 158-175

  10. Early Shakespeare

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    Pages 176-199

  11. This side idolatry

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    Pages 200-220

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 221-235
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About this book

The sixteenth century marked a remarkable revival in literary output in England. In this wide ranging and dynamic study Murray Roston argues that the century's writers possessed a unique dual vision of man, which sets their work apart from their predecessors. The development of the English language, the use of new poetic forms, the growth of the playhouse, and the arrival of the middle-class rather than the nobleman writer on the literary scene, are just some of the themes discussed.

About the author

MURRAY ROSTON is Professor of English at Bar Ilan University, Israel. He
also holds a permanent appointment as Adjunct Professor of English at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), where he teaches frequently.

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