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  1. Prophecy and sibylline imagery in the Renaissance
    Shakespeare's Sibyls
    Published: 2010
    Publisher:  Routledge, New York

    Restores the rich tradition of the Sibyls to the position of prominence they once held in the culture and society of the English Renaissance. This book explores the many identities, the many faces, of the prophetic sibyls as they appear in the works... more

    Hochschulbibliothek Friedensau
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    Universitätsbibliothek Osnabrück
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    Restores the rich tradition of the Sibyls to the position of prominence they once held in the culture and society of the English Renaissance. This book explores the many identities, the many faces, of the prophetic sibyls as they appear in the works of English Renaissance writers

     

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    Content information
    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 1282586238; 9780415877923; 9781136961076; 9781282586239
    Series: Routledge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ; v. 15
    Subjects: Prophecies in literature; Women in literature; English literature; Sibyls in literature; European literature
    Other subjects: Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
    Scope: Online-Ressource (x, 201 p), ill
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    Includes bibliographical references and index

    Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web

    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;