An Anthology of Elizabethan Prose Fiction
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An Anthology of Elizabethan Prose Fiction by Paul Salzman
These five works - George Gascoigne's The Adventures of Master F. J; John Lyly's Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit; Robert Greene's Pandosto. The Triumph of Time; Thomas Nashe's The Unfortunate Traveller and Thomas Deloney's Jack of Newbury - represent Elizabethan fiction at its best. The Adventures of Master F. J. is a comedy of manners with a sting in its tail. In Euphues John Lyly invented a new,elaborate rhetorical style which delighted its Elizabethan audience and has been praised or parodied ever since. Pandosto was Shakespeare's source for The Winter's Tale, but Greene's is a darker story designed to shock the reader accustomed to romantic conventions. TheUnfortunate Traveller marks the peak of Nashe's gift for literary pastiche, mixing picaresque narrative with mock-historical fantasy. Jack of Newbury dedicated to 'All famous cloth Workers in England', sums up important social contradictions in sharply observed comic scenes and brisk, witty dialogue.
`I am delighted to see, at long last, such a judicious collection' Roger Moss, University of Essex
`An excelent anthology: representative works, well-edited, intelligently annotatedExactly what we've been looking for for many years.' Dr William Zunder, Hull University
`A timely and well-selected anthology of literature undeservedly neglected to date.' Dr Kim Walker, University college, Dublin. 'I've been needing an anthology of this sort for some years. I'm currently restructuring a course on renaissance literature and will try to find a place for this.' B.D.Ingram, Teesside Polytechnic 'An exceptionally useful collection, with very good notes and glossary, which will thence forward feature prominently in our teaching the literature of the period.' Prof. J.A.Berthood.
'An excellent anthology: the best selection of these texts available' Professor Brian Vickers, ETH Zürich
`An excelent anthology: representative works, well-edited, intelligently annotatedExactly what we've been looking for for many years.' Dr William Zunder, Hull University
`A timely and well-selected anthology of literature undeservedly neglected to date.' Dr Kim Walker, University college, Dublin. 'I've been needing an anthology of this sort for some years. I'm currently restructuring a course on renaissance literature and will try to find a place for this.' B.D.Ingram, Teesside Polytechnic 'An exceptionally useful collection, with very good notes and glossary, which will thence forward feature prominently in our teaching the literature of the period.' Prof. J.A.Berthood.
'An excellent anthology: the best selection of these texts available' Professor Brian Vickers, ETH Zürich
Paul Salzman is an Emeritus Professor at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia, as well as a Professor at Newcastle University in Newcastle, Australia. He has a large body of work on early modern literature. His most recent publications are Palgrave's Literature and Politics in the 1620s: 'Whisper'd Counsells,' and the essay collection Editing Early Modern Women (co-edited with Sarah C. Smith).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780199540570 |
| ISBN 10 | 0199540578 |
| Title | An Anthology of Elizabethan Prose Fiction |
| Author | Paul Salzman |
| Series | Oxford World's Classics |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2008-11-13 |
| Number of pages | 464 |
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