1st Edition

English Prose of the Seventeenth Century 1590-1700

By Roger Pooley Copyright 1993
338 Pages
by Routledge

338 Pages
by Routledge

338 Pages
by Routledge

This is the first book-length history of the range of seventeenth-century English prose writing. Roger Pooley's study begins with narrative, ranging from the fiction of Bunyan and Aphra Behn to the biographical and autobiographical work of Aubrey and Pepys. Further sections consider religious prose from the hugely influential Authorised Version to Donne's sermons, the political writing of figures... Read more
Part 1: the character of Jacobean kingship, 1603-25Part 2: the scientific milieu; biography - Sir Kenelm Digby.  Postscript  Chronology  General bibliographies Individual authors.  Notes on biography, major works and criticism.  Index.

Biography

Roger Pooley