Informationen zum Autor James Doelman is Associate Professor in the Department of English at Brescia University College, University of Western Ontario Klappentext James Doelman's book is the first major study on the Renaissance English epigram since 1947. It combines thorough description of the genre's history and conventions with consideration of the rootedness of individual epigrams within specific social, political and religious contexts. Zusammenfassung James Doelman's book is the first major study on the Renaissance English epigram since 1947. It combines thorough description of the genre's history and conventions with consideration of the rootedness of individual epigrams within specific social, political and religious contexts. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1. The classical, Medieval and Renaissance inheritance2. 'A Curter kind of Satyre'? The epigram, proximate genres and terminology3. The contexts of epigram composition4. Buzzed, scrawled and printed: composition and circulation of topical epigrams 5. Epigrams in manuscript6. Epigrams in print 7. Authorship 8. The readers of printed epigram books9. Two facets of the epigram: names and responsiveness10. The epigram and political comment11. The feigned epitaph12. The religious epigramCoda: Harington's 'Of Moyses'Select bibliographyIndex

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James Doelman's book is the first major study on the Renaissance English epigram since 1947. It combines thorough description of the genre's history and conventions with consideration of the rootedness of individual epigrams within specific social, political and religious contexts.

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Introduction 1. The classical, Medieval and Renaissance inheritance 2. 'A Curter kind of Satyre'? The epigram, proximate genres and terminology 3. The contexts of epigram composition 4. Buzzed, scrawled and printed: composition and circulation of topical epigrams 5. Epigrams in manuscript 6. Epigrams in print 7. Authorship 8. The readers of printed epigram books 9. Two facets of the epigram: names and responsiveness 10. The epigram and political comment 11. The feigned epitaph 12. The religious epigram Coda: Harington's 'Of Moyses' Select bibliography Index