An Anthology of Elizabethan Prose Fiction (Oxford World's Classics)

it's thick in the sense of poetic. just buy it and be blown away at your new hobby horse--eliza.prose!!! hahaha

Very useful for my 16th century lit. course!

I got what I expected in good quality. It is a good quality used book and there were no marks on the pages.

Il libro è conforme alla descrizione. La rilegatura in 'brossura' (che spesso ha come difetto di lasciar andare alcuni fogli, specie quelli centrali) per questo articolo è perfetta; tiene senza lasciare che si stacchino pagine durante la lettura. Non ci sono stati problemi durante l'uso. La consegna di Amazon è stata come sempre celere ed affidabile. Era un acquisto multiplo di libri e sono arrivati tutti, nel medesimo ordine, tranne uno nel pomeriggio dello stesso giorno. Ineccepibile

This volume fills a gap for those of us who have some acquaintance with Elizabethan drama and poetry but have not explored the prose fiction. Begin with reading the introduction, which is short but unusually pertinent among introductions to selections. It explains the significance of style, or 'discourse' in prose of the period that helpfully suggests why the reader has to readjust their expectation and attention span to appreciate the intention and craft of each writer - both rather different from our experiences of these aspects of modern prose fiction. The introduction then offers succinct but well-judged introductions to each piece. As to the selection itself, inevitably small from a wide choice, it is intelligently made to introduce the reader to a range of work. Enriching in its own right, reading these works, hearing the voices in them too, will also enrich the experience of reading more widely in Elizabethan literature and experiencing the drama in performance. The volume is also nice to handle and eminently portable.

This book arrived very soon after order, despite the fact that it was ordered during the busy period and with a warning that it was close to out of stock. It shows no signs of wear, and is unannotated. A great buy.

So often when we think about Elizabethan literature we think about drama (especially, of course, Shakespeare), or poetry (Sidney, Spenser). This collection is therefore a nice antidote focusing on less well known prose works. Salzman's trilogy of collections for Oxford ( An Anthology of Seventeenth-Century Fiction (Oxford World's Classics) , Early Modern Women's Writing: An Anthology 1560-1700 (Oxford World's Classics) ) does an excellent job of re-opening the canon and making lesser works accessible and affordable.This collection is nicely varied: from the epistolary social comedy of Gascoigne's Adventures of Master FJ, to the linguistic excess of Lyly's Euphues, this charts a less well-worn trajectory and expands our understanding of what the canonicals were reading and writing against.A really well-thought out collection - highly recommended for anyone interested in Elizabethan literature. An Anthology of Seventeenth-Century Fiction (Oxford World's Classics)Early Modern Women's Writing: An Anthology 1560-1700 (Oxford World's Classics)