TY - BOOK ID - 526657 TI - Epic, epitome, and the early modern historical imagination PY - 2016 SN - 9780754669760 9780754697923 0754697924 0754669769 1317142039 9781317142034 1317142020 9781317142027 1283115247 9781283115247 9786613115249 661311524X 9781315580104 9781317142010 9781138262263 1315580101 PB - London ; New York : Routledge, DB - UniCat KW - Poetry KW - English literature KW - anno 1600-1699 KW - anno 1500-1599 KW - 094:820 KW - 094 "15/16" KW - 820-1 KW - Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora-:-Engelse literatuur KW - Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora--?"15/16" KW - Engelse literatuur: poëzie KW - 820-1 Engelse literatuur: poëzie KW - 094:820 Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora-:-Engelse literatuur KW - English poetry KW - Epic poetry, English KW - History in literature KW - Literature and history KW - History and criticism KW - History KW - History in literature. KW - History and criticism. KW - English poetry - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism KW - Epic poetry, English - History and criticism KW - Literature and history - England - History - 16th century KW - Literature and history - England - History - 17th century UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:526657 AB - Through analysis of how English writers summarized and abridged history, Wheatley illuminates the connections between an early modern epitome culture and the historical summaries found in the great narrative poems of Edmund Spenser, Abraham Cowley and John Milton. Clearly and elegantly written, this study shows how poets refined an epic convention, the hero's confrontation with summaries of past and future in order to reflect trends in early modern history writing. ER -