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Defending literature in early modern England : = Renaissance literary theory in social context /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Defending literature in early modern England :/ Robert Matz.
Reminder of title:	Renaissance literary theory in social context /
Author:	Matz, Robert,
Description:	1 online resource (xi, 188 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	English literature - History and criticism - Early modern, 1500-1700 -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511483776
ISBN:	9780511483776 (ebook)

Defending literature in early modern England : = Renaissance literary theory in social context /
Matz, Robert,

Defending literature in early modern England :Renaissance literary theory in social context /Robert Matz. - 1 online resource (xi, 188 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). - Cambridge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ;37. - Cambridge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ;35..

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Introduction : "aut prodesse ... aut delectare" -- Recreating reading : Elyot's Boke named the governour -- Heroic diversions : Sidney's Defence of poetry -- A "gentle discipline" : Spenser's Faerie Queene -- Epilogue : from text to work?

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.

ISBN: 9780511483776 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

556952
English literature
--History and criticism--Early modern, 1500-1700

LC Class. No.: PR418.S64 / M38 2000

Dewey Class. No.: 801/.95/094209031

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