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Routledge Library Editions

SHAKESPEARE,
SPENSER, DONNE

SHAKESPEARE

Routledge Library Editions Shakespeare

CRITICAL STUDIES
In 36 Volumes

SHAKESPEARE,
SPENSER, DONNE

Renaissance Essays

FRANK KERMODE

First published in 1971

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1971 Frank Kermode

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Shakespeare, Spenser, Donne
ISBN 0-415-35294-0
ISBN 0-415-33086-6 (set)

Miniset: Critical Studies

Series: Routledge Library Editions Shakespeare

SHAKESPEARE,
SPENSER,
DONNE

Renaissance Essays
by

FRANK KERMODE

First published 1971
by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd
Broadway House,
6874 Carter Lane,
London EC 4V 5EL
Printed in Great Britain by
Butler and Tanner Ltd
Frome and London
Frank Kermode 1971

No part of this book may be reproduced in any form
without permission from the publisher, except for
the quotation of brief passages in criticism

ISBN 0 7100 7003 9