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Defending Literature in Early Modern England: Renaissance Literary Theory in Social Context

Defending Literature in Early Modern England: Renaissance Literary Theory in Social Context

Matz, Robert
Orgel, Stephen
Robert, Matz

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Series: Cambridge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture, Book 37

Literary Criticism

ISBN10: 052103518X
ISBN13: 9780521035187
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Dec 14 2006
Pages: 204
Weight: 0.67
Height: 0.47 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Robert Matz analyzes the defense of literature in Renaissance England in the context of social transformations of the period, particularly those affecting the aristocracy as it 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.

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