Idea and Act in Elizabethan Fiction
by Davis, Walter R
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Lake Huntington, New York, United States
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About This Item
Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1971. viii, 301 pp. Jacket price-clipped, with a small black mark on fore edge of dj. Small black mark on pastedown. Contents: On reading early fiction -- Acting out ideas in Sidney's theory -- Pastoral romance: Sidney and Lodge -- Courtly fiction: Gascoigne and Lyly -- Robert Greene and Greek romance -- Thomas Nashe and the Elizabethan "realists" -- Thomas Deloney and middle-class fiction. ''After Robert Greene had administered to his readers a dose of sage advice against love, he offered them a role to play in order to complete their education: 'if these Aphorismes be too enigmaticall, become a Lover, and experience will quickly set thee downe a comment.' ''. Second Printing. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Veery Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000843
- Title
- Idea and Act in Elizabethan Fiction
- Author
- Davis, Walter R
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Place of Publication
- Princeton, New Jersey
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- English Fiction, Roman Anglais, Literary Criticism
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