Defending literature in early modern England : Renaissance literary theory in social context / Robert Matz.
Robert Matz analyzes the defense of literature in Renaissance England in the context of social transformations particularly affecting the aristocracy. Alongside revisionary accounts of the work of Elyot, Sidney and Spenser, this original study engages with important theoretical work such as Pierre B...
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| Online Access: | Electronic book from EBSCO |
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| Format: | Government Document eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000. |
| Series: | Cambridge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ;
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| Summary: | Robert Matz analyzes the defense of literature in Renaissance England in the context of social transformations particularly affecting the aristocracy. Alongside revisionary accounts of the work of Elyot, Sidney and Spenser, this original study engages with important theoretical work such as Pierre Bourdieu's and offers a substantial critique of New Historicist theory. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 188 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-181) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511008570 9780511008573 0511033389 9780511033384 0511048629 9780511048623 0511117949 9780511117947 9780521660808 0521660807 9780511483776 0511483775 1280162066 9781280162060 9780521035187 052103518X |
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