Defending literature in early modern England : Renaissance literary theory in social context
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Defending literature in early modern England : Renaissance literary theory in social context
（Cambridge studies in Renaissance literature and culture, 37）
Cambridge University Press, 2006
- : pbk
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"First published 2000. This digitally printed first paperback version 2006"--T.p. verso. "Paperback re-issue"--Backcover
Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 137-171)
Bibliography: p. 172-181
Includes index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
Why was literature so often defended and defined in early modern England in terms of its ability to provide the Horatian ideal of both profit and pleasure? This book, first published in 2000, analyses Renaissance literary theory in the context of social transformations of the period, focusing on conflicting ideas about gentility that emerged as the English aristocracy evolved from a feudal warrior class to a civil elite. Through close readings centered on works by Thomas Elyot, Philip Sidney and Edmund Spenser, Matz argues that literature attempted to mediate a complex set of contradictory social expectations. His original study engages with important theoretical work such as Pierre Bourdieu's and offers a substantial critique of New Historicist theory. It challenges recent accounts of the power of Renaissance authorship, emphasizing the uncertain status of literature during this time of cultural change, and sheds light on why and how canonical works became canonical.
目次
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction: 'aut prodesse ... aut delectare'
- 2. Recreating reading: Elyot's Boke Named the Governour
- 3. Heroic diversions: Sidney's Defence of Poetry
- 4. A 'gentle discipline': Spenser's Faerie Queene
- 5. Epilogue: from text to work?
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
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