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OverviewThe Persian Empire in English Renaissance Writing, 1549-1622 studies the conception of Persia in the literary, political and pedagogic writings of Renaissance England and Britain. It argues that writers of all kinds debated the means and merits of English empire through their intellectual engagement with the ancient Persian empire. Full Product DetailsAuthor: J. GroganPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 4.385kg ISBN: 9780230343269ISBN 10: 0230343260 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 27 February 2014 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: Reading Persia in Renaissance England 1. Classical Persia: Making Kings and Empires 2. Romance Persia: 'Nourse of Pompous Pride' 3. Staging Persia: 'To ride in triumph through Persepolis' 4. Sherley Persia: 'Agible things' Epilogue: Ormuz BibliographyReviewsAuthor InformationJane Grogan is a Lecturer in Renaissance Literature at the School of English, Drama and Film at University College Dublin, Ireland. She is the author of Exemplary Spenser (2009; winner of the Isabel MacCaffrey prize) and the editor of Celebrating Mutabilitie: Essays on Edmund Spenser's Mutabilitie Cantos (2010) and several journal articles. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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