Literary Culture in Jacobean England: Reading 1621

Salzman, P.

This book offers an unparalleled depth of historical research by surveying the extraordinary richness of literary culture in a single year. Paul Salzman examines what is written, published, performed and, in some cases, even spoken during 1621 in Britain. Well-known works by writers such as Donne, Burton, Middleton, and Ralegh, are examined alongside hitherto unknown works in a huge variety of genres: plays, poems, romances, advice books, sermons, histories, parliamentary speeches, royal proclamations. This is a work of literary history that greatly enhances knowledge of what it was like to read, write and listen in early modern Britain.

Details

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2002-09-06

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781403900739

DOI: 10.1057/9780230513204

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 268