Archaeologies of English Renaissance literature

Resource Information

The work Archaeologies of English Renaissance literature represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Archaeologies of English Renaissance literature

Statement of responsibility

Philip Schwyzer

Creator

• Schwyzer, Philip
• Schwyzer, Philip

Subject

• Dead in literature
• English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism
• Exhumation
• Ruins in literature
• Antiquities in literature
• Archaeology in literature

Language

eng

Summary

Early modern English literature abounds with archaeological images, from open graves to ruined monasteries. Schwyzer demonstrates that archaeology can shed light on literary texts including works by Spenser, Shakespeare, and Donne. The book also explores the kinship between two disciplines distinguished by their intimacy with the traces of past life. - ;This study draws on the theory and practice of archaeology to develop a new perspective on the literature of the Renaissance. Philip Schwyzer explores the fascination with images of excavation, exhumation, and ruin that runs through literary te

Cataloging source

CaPaEBR

Dewey number

820.9/3552

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

PR428.A74

LC item number

S35 2007eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• standards specifications
• bibliography