17th Century Literature Books

New and Published Books

1. Mummies, Cannibals and Vampires

   the History of Corpse Medicine from the Renaissance to the Victorians

   By Richard Sugg

   Mummies, Cannibals and Vampires charts in vivid detail the largely forgotten history of European corpse medicine, when kings, ladies, gentlemen, priests and scientists prescribed, swallowed or wore human blood, flesh, bone, fat, brains and skin against epilepsy, bruising, wounds, sores, plague,...

   Published June 26th 2011 by Routledge
2. Narrative Developments from Chaucer to Defoe

   Edited by Gerd Bayer, Ebbe Klitgard

   Series: Routledge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture

   This collection analyzes how narrative technique developed from the late Middle Ages to the beginning of the 18th century. Taking Chaucer’s influential Middle English works as the starting point, the original essays in this volume explore diverse aspects of the formation of early modern prose...

   Published February 21st 2011 by Routledge
3. John Milton

   The Critical Heritage Volume 1 1628-1731

   Edited by John T. Shawcross

   The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling student and researcher to read the material themselves....

   Published February 9th 2010 by Routledge
4. John Milton

   The Critical Heritage Volume 2 1732-1801

   Edited by John T. Shawcross

   The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling student and researcher to read the material themselves....

   Published December 13th 2009 by Routledge
5. Literature in Protestant England, 1560-1660 (Routledge Revivals)

   By Alan Sinfield

   The hardline, uncompromising theology preached by the English Church in the 16th and 17th Centuries had disturbing effects on the literature of the period. This study, originally published in 1983, assesses the importance of the prevailing religious climate to the work of several major writers...

   Published November 11th 2009 by Routledge
6. Key Writings on Subcultures, 1535-1727

   Classics from the Underworld

   Edited by Various

   Series: Routledge Library Editions

   This collection is a facsimile reprint of five exceptional books that provide fascinating insights into subversive movements from the sixteenth through to the eighteenth centuries. These volumes will be of interest to researchers in sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth century history and also to...

   Published March 27th 2008 by Routledge
7. Anatomy Of Puck:Briggs V 1

   By Katharine Briggs

   Published May 14th 2007 by Routledge
8. Jacobean Dramatists

   Critical Heritage Set

   Edited by B.C. Southam

   Comprises of individual volumes on: Christopher Marlowe, Ben Jonson and John Webster.The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling students and researchers to read for...

   Published March 30th 2007 by Routledge
9. The Restoration and the Augustans

   Critical Heritage Set

   Edited by B.C. Southam

   This set comprises of separate volumes on: Earl of Rochester, John Dryden, William Congreve, Alexander Pope, Jonathan Swift.Routledge is pleased to publish the Collected edition of the Critical Heritage series.The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures...

   Published March 8th 2007 by Routledge
10. Milton

    Critical Heritage Set

    Edited by John T. Shawcross

    The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling student and researcher to read the material themselves....

    Published March 8th 2007 by Routledge