The Oxford Anthology of English Literature: Vol 2: The Literature of Renaissance England

The Oxford Anthology of English Literature: Vol 2: The Literature of Renaissance England (The Oxford Anthology of English Literature)

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This volume includes works by Spenser (excerpts from all books of The Faerie Queene), Shakespeare (including The Tempest), Marlowe (Dr. Faustus, Hero and Leander), Donne, and Milton (Comus, Samson Agonistes, and long excerpts from Paradise Lost).
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Published April 5th 1973 by Oxford University Press, USA
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Myth Girl
A handful of readings were assigned from this anthology for my Alchemical & Hermetic Traditions class. We were assigned excerpts from Faerie Queen and Milton as well as a few small poems. What I enjoyed the most were the complete readings we had for Dr. Faustus and The Tempest. I had fun reading Marlowe's Dr. Faustus and comparing it to Goethe's Faust. I always find variations in storytelling interesting. Where as Goethe presented a Faust that was really more of a pawn and subject to the tem...more
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Este libro fue mi Biblia durante muchos años.
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