Literature and Culture in Early Modern London

by Manley Lawrence, Lawrence Manley, MANLEY

Book Overview

In the two hundred years from 1475 London was transformed from a medieval commune into a metropolis of half a million people, a capital city, and a leading European trading center. Lawrence Manley provides a comprehensive account of the changing image and influence of London through its literature, including lyrics, ballads, jests, plays, pageants, chronicles, and treatises; and he shows how the literature and culture of London contributed to the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521461618
• ISBN13: 9780521461610
• Release Date: May 1995
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 620 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.2" x 9.3"