Download or read book Stoicism in Renaissance English Literature written by Audrey Chew and published by Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers. This book was released on 1988 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive survey of Stoic ideas and attitudes in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English literature. Examples come from poetry, prose, and drama. Introductory chapters fill in the Classical, Medieval, and early Renaissance backgrounds, and a concluding chapter points toward the eighteenth century. Concentration is on three fundamental but ambiguous Stoic ideals: tranquillity, duty, and the wise man.