Literature, Politics and National Identity: Reformation to Renaissance - Couverture souple

Hadfield, Andrew

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0521118859 ISBN 13 : 9780521118859

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2005

Synopsis

For many years C. S. Lewis's dismissal of the sixteenth century as a 'drab age' influenced literary scholars. Andrew Hadfield offers a challenging reinterpretation, through study of the work of some of the century's most important writers, including Skelton, Bale, Sidney, Spenser, Baldwin and the Earl of Surrey. He argues that all were involved in the establishment of a vernacular literary tradition as a crucial component of English identity, yet also wished to use the category of 'literature' to create a public space for critical political debate. Conventional assumptions - that pre-modern and modern history are neatly separated by the Renaissance, and that literary history is best studied as an autonomous narrative - are called into question: this book is a study of literary texts, but also a contribution to theories and histories of politics, national identity and culture.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0521118859
• ISBN 13: 9780521118859
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 284