The Persian Empire in English Renaissance Writing, 1549-1622

by J. Grogan

Overview

The 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349344611
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/2014
Series:	Early Modern Literature in History
Edition description:	1st ed. 2014
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Jane 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.

Table of Contents

List 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 Bibliography