G. Gregory Smith — Elizabethan Critical Essays

London, Oxford University Press, 1971. Cloth. The complete two-volume set of Elizabethan Critical Essays, an insightful selection of contemporary literary criticism that teaches readers contemporary attitudes and beliefs. The complete two volume set of Scottish scholar G. Gregory Smith's Elizabethan Critical Essays, a collection of contemporary criticisms of popular literature in the Elizabethan era. Published by Oxford University Press in 1971. A new reprint of the first edition, published in 1904.In the publisher's original blue cloth, in the original unclipped yellow dust wrappers.Smith's collection recovers what passed as criticism among Elizabethan literary circles to gain a vivid insight into contemporary beliefs and opinions. The reader gauges contemporary views on Puritanism, the purpose of poetry and the prevailing importance of Graeco-Roman philosophy. Critics include Shakespeare's relative Thomas Nash, and King James VI of Scotland. In the publisher's original blue cloth, in the original unclipped yellow dust wrappers. Externally in excellent condition. Dust wrappers are bright and generally clean, with the occasional smudge. A very small chip to top edge of wrapper on Volume 2. Minimal signs of spotting between fly leaf and main wrapper to volume 2. End papers are bright and clean, with one small spot near hinge of volume 2. Dirt trapped to top fore-edge of both volumes. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Near Fine.