Alan Hager

The 17th century was a time of significant cultural and political change. The era saw the rise of exploration and travel, the growth of the scientific method, and the spread of challenges to conventional religion. Many of these developments occurred in England and North America, and literature of the period reflects the intellectual and emotional fervor of the age. This reference chronicles the lives and works of more than 75 British and American writers of the 17th century. Included are entries on such major canonical authors as Donne, Milton, and Jonson. The volume also covers the writings of such leading thinkers as Hobbes and Locke, along with the works of leading European figures like Galileo and Descartes. Also profiled are numerous significant women writers, including Mary Astell, Aphra Behn, and Anne Killigrew. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and includes a biography, a discussion of major works and themes, a survey of the writer's critical reception, and primary and secondary bibliographies. The volume additionally includes entries on several artists who significantly influenced British and American literary culture.

An Encyclopedia of Major 17th-Century British and American Authors

The Age of Milton: An Encyclopedia of Major 17th-Century British and American Authors

A discussion of Philip Sidney as a creator of fictions, a critic, and a poet, who adopted a variety of personae to teach his readers how they could fool themselves into forgetting who they were, both in the context of the psychic inner world and in the outer realm of social position. Included in this study are Sidney's court entertainments now known as The Lady of May, the Defence of Leicester, Defence of Poetry, and the Arcadias.

The Masks of Sir Philip Sidney

Dazzling Images

Emmanuel Sampath Nelson

Presents profiles of seventeenth-century British and American writers and thinkers, each one with a biography, a discussion of major works and themes, and primary and secondary bibliographical sources.

An Encyclopedia of Major 17th-century British and American Authors

The Age of Milton

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Presents a two-volume A to Z reference on English authors from the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, providing information about major figures, key schools and genres, biographical information, author publications and some critical analyses.

Encyclopedia of British Writers, 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries

A rich collection of commentary and primary documents that will enhance the reader's understanding of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

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