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Very good in very good dust jacket. Ex-library. 258 p. Audience: Professional and scholarly. LCCN 2006039039 Type of material Book Personal name Roston, Murray. Main title Tradition and subversion in Renaissance literature: studies in Shakespeare, Spenser, Jonson, and Donne / Murray Roston. Published/Created Pittsburgh, Pa. : Duquesne University Press, c2007. Description xiii, 258 p.; 24 cm. ISBN 9780820703909 (alk. paper) 0820703907 (alk. paper) LC classification PR421. R67 2007 Summary "Roston offers detailed and essentially new analyses of works by Spenser, Shakespeare, Jonson, and Donne, arguing that the seemingly contradictory presence of traditional and subversive elements in their major works actually creates the source of much of their literary achievement"--Provided by publisher. Contents Sacred and secular in The merchant of Venice--Hamlet and the stoic--Spenser and the pagan gods--Volpone, comedy or mordant satire? --Donne and the meditative tradition. LC Subjects Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Criticism and interpretation. Spenser, Edmund, 1552? -1599--Criticism and interpretation. Jonson, Ben, 1573? -1637--Criticism and interpretation. Donne, John, 1572-1631--Criticism and interpretation. English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism. Ambiguity in literature. Intertextuality. Renaissance--England. Notes Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-248) and index. Series Medieval & Renaissance literary studies Medieval and Renaissance literary studies. Dewey class no. 820.9/003 Geographic area code e-uk-en National bib no. GBA706622 National bib agency no. 013650746 Other system no. (OCoLC)ocm76967113 (OCoLC)76967113