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Subject(s)

• English literature—Early modern, 1500-1700—History and criticism [Browse]
• European literature—Renaissance, 1450-1600—History and criticism [Browse]
• Sibyls in literature [Browse]
• Prophecies in literature [Browse]
• Women in literature [Browse]
• Great Britain—History—Elizabeth, 1558-1603 [Browse]
• Shakespeare, William 1564-1616—Criticism and interpretation [Browse]

Series

• Routledge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ; v. 15. [More in this series]
• Routledge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ; v. 15 [More in this series]

Summary note

This book restores the rich tradition of the Sibyls to the position of prominence they once held in the culture and society of the English Renaissance. The sibyls - figures from classical antiquity - played important roles in literature, scholarship and art of the period, exerting a powerful authority due to their centuries-old connection to prophetic declamations of the coming of Christ and the Apocalypse. The identity of the sibyls, however, was not limited to this particular aspect of their fame, but contained a fluid multi-layering of meanings given their prominence in ancient Greek and

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Description based upon print version of record.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language note

English

Contents

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Editorial Note; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Sibylline Heritage: From the Mists of Antiquity; 2 Reforming the Sibyls: The Appropriation of the Sibyls in the Middle Ages and Reformation; 3 The Sibyls in Elizabeth's Court and Country; 4 The Sibyls: God's Divines or She Imps of Satan?; 5 Shakespeare's Sibyls; 6 To be a Sibyl: Jane Seager's Sibylline Poems; 7 The Final Act: Revealing the Sibyls in Jacobean England; Notes; Bibliography; Index

ISBN

• 1-136-96106-2
• 1-136-96107-0
• 1-282-58623-8
• 9786612586231
• 0-203-85025-4

OCLC

649689280

Doi

• 10.4324/9780203850251

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