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Between Spenser and Swift: English Writing in Seventeenth-Century Ireland
Deana Rankin
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Description for Between Spenser and Swift: English Writing in Seventeenth-Century Ireland
Hardback. An investigation of English writing in seventeenth-century Ireland, and its connections to Shakespeare, Sidney and Milton. Num Pages: 310 pages, 4 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JD; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 635. Fine in fine dust wrapper, showing light shelf and reading wear. Remains a fine copy
While recent studies of Edmund Spenser and Jonathan Swift have firmly relocated both writers in their Irish as well as their English context, English writing in Ireland between these monolithic figures has been largely neglected. This study explores in detail the literary territory between Spenser and Swift. Examining a range of texts, from fragments to sophisticated publications such as economic improvement manuals, histories, plays, romances and poems, Deana Rankin demonstrates how writers in Ireland articulated the transition from soldier to settler across this century of war and political turmoil. She illuminates both centre and periphery by revealing for the first ... Read more
While recent studies of Edmund Spenser and Jonathan Swift have firmly relocated both writers in their Irish as well as their English context, English writing in Ireland between these monolithic figures has been largely neglected. This study explores in detail the literary territory between Spenser and Swift. Examining a range of texts, from fragments to sophisticated publications such as economic improvement manuals, histories, plays, romances and poems, Deana Rankin demonstrates how writers in Ireland articulated the transition from soldier to settler across this century of war and political turmoil. She illuminates both centre and periphery by revealing for the first ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Like New
Number of Pages
310
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521843027
SKU
KSG0024930
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About Deana Rankin
Deana Rankin is Fellow and Director of Studies in English at Girton College, Cambridge.
Reviews for Between Spenser and Swift: English Writing in Seventeenth-Century Ireland
Review of the hardback: 'Between Spenser and Swift is filled with rich discoveries. While a number of recent studies … have started to demonstrate the significance of seventeenth-century English writing in Ireland, Deana Rankin's book is now the fullest account of this work and should encourage more detailed investigations, particularly in the thoroughly neglected area of drama.' The Times Literary ... Read more