Ceremony and Civility in English Renaissance Prose

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Penn State Press, Nov 1, 2010 - Literary Criticism

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Contents

The Civil Mode of Classical Rhetoric
21
EARLY TUDOR PROSE AND CIVIL HISTORY
53
The Ceremonial Narrative of the Chronicle
68
A Ceremonial Mode Both
74
Vestigial and Parodic
88
THE RECOVERY OF CEREMONY AT THE END OF
101
Sidneys Silly Poetry and Grave Governor
108
The Social Deployment of the Pointed Style in Satire
163
Character Epistle and Meditation in the Religio Medici
171
Ceremonial Devotion in a Civil Mode
179
Conclusion
191
Index
203
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