Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction : conceptualising archaism
Within our own memory : old English and the early modern poet
Chaucer, Gower, and the anxiety of obsolescence
Archaic style in religious writing: immutability, controversy, prophecy
Staging generations: archaism and the theatrical past
Shepherds' speech : archaism and early Stuart pastoral drama
Archaism and the 'English' epic
Coda : looking backward, looking forward.
Archaic style in English literature, 1590-1674 by Lucy Munro. ISBN 9781107042797. Published by Cambridge University Press in 2013. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.