Grierson, Sir herbert John Clifford, 1866-

Cross currents in English literature of the XVIIth century : or, The world, the flesh & the spirit, their actions & reactions ... / H . J. C. Grierson ... - London: Chatto & Windus, 1929, repr. 1948. - xiv, 343, [1] p. ; 23 cm. - The Messenger lectures on the evolution of civilization. Cornell uni versity, 1926-27. .

CONTENTS.-Preface.- Renaissance & reformation.- Edmund Spenser.- The drama: comedy.- The drama: tragedy.- Love-poetry.- Humanism & the chur ches.- John Milton : the man & the poet.- Commonweath & restoration.- J ohn Dryden.- Index.


English literature --History & Criticism.----Early modern (to 1700) --
Religion in literature.--History & Criticism.----Early modern (to 1700) --


Great Britain -- Intellectual life.

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