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Renaissance Psychologies: Spenser and Shakespeare

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Renaissance Psychologies: Spenser and Shakespeare
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Robert Lanier Reid
SeriesThe Manchester Spenser
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:368
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
Category/GenreLiterature - history and criticism
Literary studies - c 1500 to c 1800
ISBN/Barcode 9781526134646
ClassificationsDewey:821.3
Audience
General
Illustrations 9 black & white illustrations

Publishing Details

Publisher Manchester University Press
Imprint Manchester University Press
Publication Date 10 October 2018
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

A thorough and scholarly study of Spenser and Shakespeare and their contrary artistry, covering themes of theology, psychology, the depictions of passion and intellect, moral counsel, family hierarchy, self-love, temptation, folly, allegory, female heroism, the supernatural and much more. Renaissance psychologies examines the distinct and polarised emphasis of these two towering intellects and writers of the early modern period. It demonstrates how pervasive was the influence of Spenser on Shakespeare, as in the "playful metamorphosis of Gloriana into Titania" in A Midsummer Night's Dream and its return from Spenser's moralizing allegory to the Ovidian spirit of Shakespeare's comedy. It will appeal to students and lecturers in Spenser studies, Renaissance poetry and the wider fields of British literature, social and cultural history, ethics and theology. -- .

Author Biography

Robert Lanier Reid is H. C. Stuart Professor Emeritus of English at Emory and Henry College -- .

Reviews

'Themonograph is exhaustive in its scholarship, and represents a culmination of acareer of thinking and publishing on Spenser and Shakespeare.' YuliaRyzhik, University of Toronto, Scarborough, The Spenser Review -- .