Sea-mark: The Metaphorical Voyage, Spenser to MiltonLiverpool University Press, 1997 M01 1 - 227 pages This study explores the many different functions of the voyage metaphor in the work of major writers of the 16th and 17th century - Spenser, Marlowe, Shakespeare, Donne, Bacon and Milton in particular. Concentrating on the way voyage metaphors work, this book offers some radical reinterpretations of well-known texts, such as Shakespeare's Othello, and Bacon's essay on Adversity. |
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| Title | Sea-mark: The Metaphorical Voyage, Spenser to Milton Volume 30 of Liverpool English texts and studies |
| Author | Philip Edwards |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Liverpool University Press, 1997 |
| ISBN | 0853235228, 9780853235224 |
| Length | 227 pages |
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