Common : the development of literary culture in sixteenth-century England /

This volume explores the development of literary culture in 16th-century England as a whole and seeks to explain the relationship between the Reformation and the literary renaissance of the Elizabethan period. Its central theme is the 'common' in its double sense of something shared and so...

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Common
1. Verfasser:
Rhodes, Neil
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
This volume explores the development of literary culture in 16th-century England as a whole and seeks to explain the relationship between the Reformation and the literary renaissance of the Elizabethan period. Its central theme is the 'common' in its double sense of something shared and something base, and it argues that making common the work of God is at the heart of the English Reformation just as making common the literature of antiquity and of early modern Europe is at the heart of the English Renaissance. Its central question is 'why was the Renaissance in England so late?' That question is addressed in terms of the relationship between Humanism and Protestantism and the tensions between democracy and the imagination which persist throughout the century.
Umfang:
1 online resource
Anmerkungen:
This edition previously issued in print: 2018.
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-108214-7
0-19-182256-6
Schlagworte:
Books and reading > England > History > 16th century.
Renaissance > England.
Literary criticism.
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