{"product_id":"9780631220916","title":"The Seventeenth - Century Literature Handbook","description":"\u003ch3\u003eWiley Blackwell Literature Handbooks\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eThe Seventeenth - Century Literature Handbook\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMarshall Grossman\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ European \/ English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eTHE \u003cb\u003eSEVENTEENTH CENTURY LITERATURE \u003c\/b\u003eHANDBOOK \u003cp\u003e“Never a dull read, Marshall Grossman’s elegant volume bristles with sharp ideas to inform, stimulate and challenge his audience.” \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Corns, Bangor University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe seventeenth century was a dramatic period in British history, witnessing two revolutions, huge constitutional change, the widening of the political and literary classes, and the gradual acceptance of women as authors. This easy-to-use Handbook offers readers a succinct overview of this complex period, guiding them through the principal literary works, figures and innovations of the time. Focusing on studying texts in context, Marshall Grossman explores the ways in which major works, including \u003ci\u003eHamlet, Paradise Lost and The Pilgrim’s Progress,\u003c\/i\u003e both reflected and helped to shape the history of the time, while concise sections on topics such as the Gunpowder Plot and the Pamphlet Wars allow the reader to engage more fully with the central themes and preoccupations of the period. Concluding with a series of brief biographical profiles describing the life and works of the century’s most significant and influential writers, \u003ci\u003eThe Seventeenth-Century Literature Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for anyone interested in British Literature across the civil war and restoration periods.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarshall Grossman\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English at the University of Maryland, College Park, USA. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Story of All Things: Writing the Self in English Renaissance Narrative Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e (1998) and \u003ci\u003e‘Authors to Themselves’: Milton and the Revelation of History\u003c\/i\u003e (1987); he is editor of two collections of essays, \u003ci\u003eReading Renaissance Ethic\u003c\/i\u003es (2007) and \u003ci\u003eAemilia Lanyer: Gender, Genre, and the Canon \u003c\/i\u003e(1998). He is currently completing a book on Milton and rational religion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e28 February 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\u003e9780631220916\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e432\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e22.24\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44384144523404,"sku":"9780631220916","price":44.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780631220916_50216e59-9041-4222-b5c2-66e1addfad9e.jpg?v=1780203638","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780631220916","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}