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Chaucer

The Earlier Poetry : a Study in Poetic Development

By: Derek Traversi

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Chaucer

The Earlier Poetry : a Study in Poetic Development

By: Derek Traversi

This book traces through Chaucer's earlier poems the development of his understanding of the creative possibilities and the limitations of his art. The discussion includes authority and experience in three works, and demonstrates how the creative process defined in the study led to the masterpiece Troilus and Criseyde.

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University of Delaware Press

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0874133068

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9780874133066

The Literary Imagination

Studies in Dante, Chaucer, and Shakespeare

By: Derek Traversi

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The Literary Imagination

Studies in Dante, Chaucer, and Shakespeare

By: Derek Traversi

The essays collected in this book include two each on Dante and Chaucer that appear for the first time in print and three on Shakespeare that are based on Dr. Traversi's Approach to Shakespeare. Dante's Purgatorio, Chaucer's the Franklin's Tale, and Shakespeare's the Tempest are among the texts analyzed here.

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University of Delaware Press

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0874131987

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Shakespeare

From ‘Richard II’ to ‘Henry V’

By: Derek Traversi

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Shakespeare

From ‘Richard II’ to ‘Henry V’

By: Derek Traversi

Examines four historical plays, Richard II, Henry IV, Parts I and II, and Henry V, written in the period of Shakespeare's greatest maturity.

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Stanford University Press

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0804705038

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9780804705035

The Cromwell Enigma

A Tudor Mystery

By: DEREK WILSON

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The Cromwell Enigma

A Tudor Mystery

By: DEREK WILSON

July 1540. The courts of Europe are stunned to hear that Henry VIII has executed his all-powerful minister, Thomas Cromwell. Poet and classicist Nicholas Bourbon is sent from the cultured court of Queen Marguerite of Navarre to investigate. Thrust into a turbulent world of religious, political and personal rivalries, his travels take him far and wide. He endures perils at sea, incarceration in a monastic prison and poisonous intrigue in the Tudor court. Yet this retiring scholar cannot abandon a quest which steadily becomes an obsession, drawing him ever deeper into the beliefs and motivations of his mysterious quarry. Only after facing many hazards does he discover the astonishing secret that unlocks the Cromwell enigma. This thrilling historical novel blends fact and fiction together seamlessly to deliver a novel about Thomas Cromwell rich in description and history. A real page turner for those who are fans of Hilary Mantel and Alison Weir, The Cromwell Enigma will captivate anyone with an interest in the Tudor period. This is historical fiction at its finest as Derek Wilson delivers an engaging narrative on the life and mystery of Thomas Cromwell.

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1910674532

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9781910674536

Shakespeare

The Roman Plays

By: Derek Traversi

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Shakespeare

The Roman Plays

By: Derek Traversi

Excerpt from Shakespeare: The Last Phase A number of critics have suggested that I have laid too much stress on the symbolic and religious elements ln the final plays at the expense of those of romance and fantasy. The tendency to read explicit statements of Christian belief into Shakespeare seems to me indeed to have been carried considerably too far in certain places. I do not myself believe that much can usefully be said concerning Shakes peare's personal beliefs, and I am certain that none of his plays were written to illustrate religious dogmas or to point preconceived moral judgements; but - I must add - it seems to me no more than natural that a writer of his t1me and place should be aware of Christian tradition as an inﬂuence moulding his thought and that he should even seek, in his latest plays, to present in terms of a highly personal reading of that tradition some of his final conclusions about life. For taking the plays seriously, for reading them as something more than poetic fantasies in dramatic form, I offer no apology; their seriousness and originality seem to me to be clearly written on practically every page. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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0804701822

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The Literary Imagination

Studies in Dante, Chaucer, and Shakespeare

By: Derek Traversi

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Studies in Dante, Chaucer, and Shakespeare

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Chaucer

The Earlier Poetry : a Study in Poetic Development

By: Derek Traversi

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The Earlier Poetry : a Study in Poetic Development

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Shakespeare

From ‘Richard II’ to ‘Henry V’

By: Derek Traversi

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Shakespeare

From ‘Richard II’ to ‘Henry V’

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Examines four historical plays, Richard II, Henry IV, Parts I and II, and Henry V, written in the period of Shakespeare's greatest maturity.

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