{"product_id":"9781405169547","title":"Reading Sixteenth-Century Poetry","description":"\u003ch3\u003eWiley Blackwell Reading Poetry\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eReading Sixteenth-Century Poetry\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePatrick Cheney\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ European \/ English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eReading Sixteenth-Century Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e combines close readings of individual poems with a critical consideration of the historical context in which they were written. Informative and original, this book has been carefully designed to enable readers to understand, enjoy, and be inspired by sixteenth-century poetry.  \u003cul type=\"disc\"\u003e \u003cli\u003eClose reading of a wide variety of sixteenth-century poems, canonical and non-canonical, by men and by women, from print and manuscript culture, across the major literary modes and genres\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePoems read within their historical context, with reference to five major cultural revolutions: Renaissance humanism, the Reformation, the modern nation-state, companionate marriage, and the scientific revolution\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers in-depth discussion of Skelton, Wyatt, Surrey, Isabella Whitney, Gascoigne, Philip Sidney, Spenser, Marlowe, Mary Sidney Herbert, Donne, and Shakespeare\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents a separate study of all five of Shakespeare’s major poems - \u003ci\u003eVenus and Adonis\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Rape of Lucrece\u003c\/i\u003e, 'The Phoenix and Turtle,' the \u003ci\u003eSonnets\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Lover's Complaint-\u003c\/i\u003e in the context of his dramatic career\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses major works of literary criticism by Plato, Aristotle, Horace, Longinus, Philip Sidney, George Puttenham, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Seamus Heaney, Adrienne Rich, and Helen Vendler\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003ePatrick Cheney\u003c\/b\u003e is Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Penn State University. He is the author of books on Shakespeare, Marlowe, and Spenser, most recently \u003ci\u003eShakespeare’s Literary Authorship\u003c\/i\u003e (2008) and \u003ci\u003eMarlowe’s Republican Authorship: Lucan, Liberty, and the Sublim\u003c\/i\u003ee (2009). He has also edited \u003ci\u003eCambridge Companions\u003c\/i\u003e to Marlowe and Shakespeare’s Poetry, co-edited \u003ci\u003eOxford Companions\u003c\/i\u003e to early modern English poetry and drama, and co-edited an Oxford edition of Marlowe’s poems. Currently, he serves as a General Editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Oxford Edition of the Collected Works of Edmund Spenser\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e13 May 2011\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781405169547\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e352\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e23.68\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44379048706188,"sku":"9781405169547","price":37.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781405169547_4a65050f-f24e-4852-9543-09604f41b111.jpg?v=1780195080","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781405169547","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}