Idea and Act in Elizabethan Fiction / / Walter R. Davis.

Represents an attempt to apply the techniques of modern literary criticism to the fiction of the Elizabethan period. The author tries "to determine what Elizabethan fiction writers were trying to do and how they did it."Originally published in 1969.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the lat...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]
©1969
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 2419
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Physical Description:1 online resource (312 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Preface --
Contents --
1. On Reading Early Fiction --
2. Acting Out Ideas in Sidney's Theory --
3. Pastoral Romance: Sidney and Lodge --
4. Courtly Fiction: Gascoigne and Lyly --
5. Robert Greene and Greek Romance --
6. Thomas Nashe and the Elizabethan "Realists" --
7. Thomas Deloney and Middle-Class Fiction --
Conclusion --
A Chronology of the Fiction Discussed --
Index
Summary:Represents an attempt to apply the techniques of modern literary criticism to the fiction of the Elizabethan period. The author tries "to determine what Elizabethan fiction writers were trying to do and how they did it."Originally published in 1969.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781400875016
9783110426847
9783110413533
9783110442496
DOI:10.1515/9781400875016
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Walter R. Davis.