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Early Modern Constructions of Europe: Literature, Culture, History

Early Modern Constructions of Europe: Literature, Culture, History

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture

Medieval & Renaissance HistoryLiterary Criticism

ISBN10: 1138931594
ISBN13: 9781138931596
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Feb 24 2016
Pages: 222
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.30 Depth: 9.10
Language: English

This book examines the pre-history of the idea of Europe, asking how and why Europe was imagined, from both within and without, between 1450 and 1750. It discusses 'European-ness' as the product of dynamic processes of identification involving factors such as literary genres, classical antiquity, language, religion, politics, and geography. Studying the role of tradition and lived experience of early modern Europe, it also identifies anticipatory elements in the construction of European-ness that may remain effective today. Essays consider early modern plays, poems, and narrative fiction, as well as cartography, historiography, iconography, travelogues, periodicals, and political polemics.

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