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The Encyclopedia of

The Encyclopedia of. Renaissance Literature. Bibliographic Info. Call Number: R8-9.89409 COO Citation: Cook, James Wyatt. Encyclopedia of Renaissance Literature . New York: Facts on File Inc., 2006. . Arrangement. Acknowledgements Introduction

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  1. The Encyclopedia of Renaissance Literature

  2. Bibliographic Info. • Call Number: R8-9.89409 COO • Citation: Cook, James Wyatt. Encyclopedia of Renaissance Literature. New York: Facts on File Inc., 2006.

  3. Arrangement • Acknowledgements • Introduction • Writers Covered, by Language of Composition • Authors’ Timeline • Entries A – Z • Selected Bibliography • Index

  4. Content • Entries Include Authors, Selected Written Pieces (Often that Display Some Individual Significance), Verses/Styles/Genres of Writing • Addresses More than just the Western European Renaissance • Main Body of Entries Touches on History (Author, Time, Location, Language if a Piece), Background (if a Person), Some of the Historical Significance, and a Brief Description • Examples: • The Book of the Courtier by Baldassare Castiglione • Chinese Novels • Holished, Raphael • Satire

  5. Content Continued • Entry Example: English Sonnet • “The sonnet, which may have antecedents traceable to Arabic Love Poems, developed in Italy in the early 13th century.” • “In addition to a fairly specific meter, the sonnet form also required the poet to rhyme…according to one of several possible formulas.” “And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rareAs any she belied with false compare.”

  6. Content Continued • Language Sections: • Includes: • Alighieri • Galileo • Luther • Plato • Shakespeare • But so Many More!

  7. Indexing • Main Content Organized Alphabetically • Index at the End also Alphabetical • Given Page Numbers Listed in Bold to Indicate they are Main Encyclopedia Entries • Example: Akhegita (Akha) 12-13 Alaric (Scudery) 473 Alasingaraya (poet) 267

  8. Purpose • Described by the Author • Specifically for Introductory College / Advanced High-School Classes • Students and Instructors and for Further Interested Parties • “I do not intend this volume for specialists…” (p. xiii)

  9. Credentials & Formatting • Author Credits Sensible Sources • Experts Involved with Related Fields • Instructors of Related Topics • References of a Credible Nature • LARGE List of Sources Separated into Categories of Usage • References • Primary Sources • Secondary Sources • No Alternative Formats Located

  10. Special Features • Mini-Bibliographies Follow Each Encyclopedia Entry (Containing Main Sources Used for the Particular Section) • Occasional (for Listed Styles or Formats) Gives Text Examples: “If ever I should try to write a verse, dear, Please call the men in white coats to our dwelling.” p. 406

  11. Reference Use? • “Did John Foxe have any background in the arts before he started writing? And what kind of style did he adopt?” • “Where, when, and why was Neo-Latin writing used?” • “What was the writing format Dante used in his Divine Comedy?”

  12. Personal Impression • Chronologically and Organizationally Confusing • Entries not Categorized any way but Alphabetically; Difficult to Use • Textbookish Style, but Lacks the In-Depth Coverage to be Truly much Benefit • Almost Like a Half-Way Step Between Hearing about a Topic and Doing a Large Investigation into It

  13. Work Cited • Cook, James Wyatt. Encyclopedia of Renaissance Literature. New York: Facts on File Inc., 2006. Presentation: Mary FreemanLIBR 150, Spring Quarter 2009

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