Short Fiction of the Seventeenth Century

By Charles C. Mish

Book Overview

The anthology is compiled by Charles C. Mish, a leading authority on English seventeenth-century fiction, and contains ten pieces published between 1609 and 1700. In addition to a beast fable, an anti-romance, and a utopian fantasy, Mr. Mish includes and comments on: a moral tale, in which just retribution is visited upon the wicked; a "jest-biography," or jest-book cum biography forming a satirical roman clef; and a frame story imitating Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393004376
• ISBN13: 9780393004373
• Release Date: January 1968
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 7.8"