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The English Renaissance : identity and representation in Elizabethan England, Alistair Fox

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This book reassesses Renaissance English literature and its place in Elizabethan society. It examines, in particular, the role of Italianate literary imitation in addressing the ethical and political issues of the sixteenth century. In doing so, it reveals the significance of the Calvinist discourse of English Protestantism as a stimulus to literary creation. It demonstrates how the clash between the values of the Continental system from which England was separating and the assumptions of the Elizabethan religious Settlement of 1559 prompted writers to use creative imitation as a means of exploring the problematical relationship between the two. The author shows how imitation of Italianate literary culture had a much greater influence on the formation of modern English identity than has been hitherto supposed. He demonstrates that it also invested Renaissance English literature with many of its most characteristic attributes. Above all, the English Renaissance and Reformation are shown to be far more closely linked than previous scholars have recognized
Language
  • engita
  • ita
  • eng
Work
Publication
Extent
viii, 240 pages
Contents
  • 5.
  • Epic and the Formation of National Identity: Ariosto, Tasso and The Faerie Queene
  • 6.
  • Appraising 'the Seeming Truths' of the Times: the Italianate Plays of Shakespeare
  • 1.
  • The Reception of Italian Literary Culture: Motives and Dynamics
  • 2.
  • Wyatt, Surrey and the Onset of English Petrarchism
  • 3.
  • Elizabethan Petrarchism and the Protestant Location of Self
  • 4.
  • Ethic and Politic Considerations: Spenser, Sidney and the Uses of Italianate Pastoral
Isbn
9780631190295
Instance
Label
The English Renaissance : identity and representation in Elizabethan England
Title
The English Renaissance
Title remainder
identity and representation in Elizabethan England
Statement of responsibility
Alistair Fox
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
  • engita
  • ita
  • eng
Summary
This book reassesses Renaissance English literature and its place in Elizabethan society. It examines, in particular, the role of Italianate literary imitation in addressing the ethical and political issues of the sixteenth century. In doing so, it reveals the significance of the Calvinist discourse of English Protestantism as a stimulus to literary creation. It demonstrates how the clash between the values of the Continental system from which England was separating and the assumptions of the Elizabethan religious Settlement of 1559 prompted writers to use creative imitation as a means of exploring the problematical relationship between the two. The author shows how imitation of Italianate literary culture had a much greater influence on the formation of modern English identity than has been hitherto supposed. He demonstrates that it also invested Renaissance English literature with many of its most characteristic attributes. Above all, the English Renaissance and Reformation are shown to be far more closely linked than previous scholars have recognized
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Fox, Alistair
Index
index present
LC call number
PR129.I8
LC item number
F68 1997
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Petrarca, Francesco
  • Petrarca, Francesco
  • English literature
  • English literature
  • Group identity in literature
  • Mimesis in literature
  • Renaissance
  • Beïnvloeding
  • Engels
  • Identité collective
  • Italiaans
  • Letterkunde
  • Littérature anglaise
  • Littérature anglaise
  • Littérature anglaise
  • Renaissance
  • Renaissance
  • English literature
  • English literature
  • Group identity in literature
  • Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
  • Mimesis in literature
  • Renaissance
  • Beïnvloeding
  • Letterkunde
  • Renaissance
  • Italiaans
  • Engels
  • Littérature anglaise
  • Littérature anglaise
  • Littérature anglaise
  • Renaissance
  • Identité collective
  • Rezeption
  • Nationalbewusstsein
  • Literatur
  • Renaissance
  • England
  • Englisch
  • England
  • Italienisch
Label
The English Renaissance : identity and representation in Elizabethan England, Alistair Fox
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [220]-232) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • 5.
  • Epic and the Formation of National Identity: Ariosto, Tasso and The Faerie Queene
  • 6.
  • Appraising 'the Seeming Truths' of the Times: the Italianate Plays of Shakespeare
  • 1.
  • The Reception of Italian Literary Culture: Motives and Dynamics
  • 2.
  • Wyatt, Surrey and the Onset of English Petrarchism
  • 3.
  • Elizabethan Petrarchism and the Protestant Location of Self
  • 4.
  • Ethic and Politic Considerations: Spenser, Sidney and the Uses of Italianate Pastoral
Dimensions
23 cm
Extent
viii, 240 pages
Isbn
9780631190295
Lccn
97006680
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (OCoLC)36510944
  • (OCoLC)ocm36510944
Label
The English Renaissance : identity and representation in Elizabethan England, Alistair Fox
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [220]-232) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • 5.
  • Epic and the Formation of National Identity: Ariosto, Tasso and The Faerie Queene
  • 6.
  • Appraising 'the Seeming Truths' of the Times: the Italianate Plays of Shakespeare
  • 1.
  • The Reception of Italian Literary Culture: Motives and Dynamics
  • 2.
  • Wyatt, Surrey and the Onset of English Petrarchism
  • 3.
  • Elizabethan Petrarchism and the Protestant Location of Self
  • 4.
  • Ethic and Politic Considerations: Spenser, Sidney and the Uses of Italianate Pastoral
Dimensions
23 cm
Extent
viii, 240 pages
Isbn
9780631190295
Lccn
97006680
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (OCoLC)36510944
  • (OCoLC)ocm36510944

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