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- Archaic Style in English Literature, 1590–1674
- Archaic Style in English Literature, 1590–1674
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: conceptualising archaism
- Chapter 1 Within our own memory: Old English and the early modern poet
- Chapter 2 Chaucer, Gower and the anxiety of obsolescence
- Chapter 3 Archaic style in religious writing: immutability, controversy, prophecy
- Chapter 4 Staging generations: archaism and the theatrical past
- Chapter 5 Shepherds’ speech: archaism and Stuart pastoral drama
- Chapter 6 Archaism and the ‘English’ epic
- Coda: looking backward, looking forward
- Notes
- Index
Chapter 1 - Within our own memory: Old English and the early modern poet
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 November 2013
- Archaic Style in English Literature, 1590–1674
- Archaic Style in English Literature, 1590–1674
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: conceptualising archaism
- Chapter 1 Within our own memory: Old English and the early modern poet
- Chapter 2 Chaucer, Gower and the anxiety of obsolescence
- Chapter 3 Archaic style in religious writing: immutability, controversy, prophecy
- Chapter 4 Staging generations: archaism and the theatrical past
- Chapter 5 Shepherds’ speech: archaism and Stuart pastoral drama
- Chapter 6 Archaism and the ‘English’ epic
- Coda: looking backward, looking forward
- Notes
- Index
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- Archaic Style in English Literature, 1590–1674 , pp. 32 - 68Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013