The Portrayal of Life Stages in English Literature, 1500-1800 Infancy, Youth, Marriage, Aging, Death, Martyrdom : Essays in Memory of Warren Wooden

Covering the years 1500 to 1800, these essays which portray life stages in English literature include studies of Erasmus, Fulke Greville, Johnson and Thomas More. They examine how the many ages of man are treated in the literature of this period.