ABSTRACT

First published in 1971.

This collection of essays discusses some of the central works and areas of literature in the Renaissance period of cultural history.

Contents include: Spenser and the Allegorists; The Faerie Queene, I and V; The Cave of Mammon; The Banquet of Sense; John Donne; The Patience of Shakespeare; Survival fo the Classic; Shakespeare's Learning; The Mature Comedies; The Final Plays.

chapter |11 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|21 pages

Spenser and the Allegorists

chapter 2|27 pages

‘The Faerie Queene', I and V 1

chapter 3|24 pages

The Cave of Mammon

chapter 4|32 pages

The Banquet of Sense 1

chapter 5|33 pages

John Donne

chapter 6|15 pages

The Patience of Shakespeare

chapter 7|17 pages

Survival of the Classic

chapter 8|19 pages

Shakespeare's Learning 1

chapter 9|19 pages

The Mature Comedies

chapter 10|41 pages

The Final Plays

chapter 11|39 pages

Adam Unparadised