Classical and Christian Ideas in English Renaissance Poetry

<p>Since publication in 1979 Isabel Rivers' sourcebook has established itself as the essential guide to English Renaissance poetry. It:</p><ul> <li>provides an account of the main classical and Christian ideas outlining their meaning their origins and their transmission to the Renaissance;</li> <li>illustrates the ways in which Renaissance poetry drew on classical and Christian ideas;</li> <li>contains extracts from key classical and Christian texts and relates these to the extracts of the English poems which draw on them;</li> <li>includes suggestions for further reading and an invaluable bibliographical appendix.</li> </ul>