Literature, Politics and National Identity - Reformation to Renaissance

Klappentext A challenging reinterpretation of the sixteenth century through the work of major writers of the time. Zusammenfassung Andrew Hadfield offers a challenging reinterpretation of the sixteenth century through the work of major writers of the time! their involvement in the establishment of a vernacular literary tradition as a crucial component of English identity! and the development of 'literature' as a site of critical and political debate. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introduction: the nation and public literature in the sixteenth century; 1. A Skelton in the closet: English literary identity betwixt and between; 2. John Bale and the time of the nation; 3. Literature and history - a mirror for magistrates; 4. Towards a national form: rhetoric and literary theory from Wilson to Puttenham; 5. Whose bloody country is it anyway? Sir Philip Sidney, the nation and the public; 6. 'Who knowes not Colin Clout?': the permanent exile of Edmund Spenser; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Hadfield Andrew, Andrew Hadfield, Hadfield Andrew
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.09.2009
• EAN: 9780521118859
• ISBN: 978-0-521-11885-9
• No. of pages: 284
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Renaissance, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, Literary studies: c 1400 to c 1600