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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818229603321

Titolo

Cultural reformations [[electronic resource] ] : medieval and Renaissance in literary history / / edited by Brian Cummings and James Simpson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2010

ISBN

0-19-179214-4

0-19-154975-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (702 p.)

Collana

Oxford twenty-first century approaches to literature

Altri autori (Persone)

CummingsBrian

SimpsonJames <1954->

Disciplina

820.9001

Soggetti

English literature - Middle English, 1100-1500 - History and criticism

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

English literature - Periodization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; List of Contributors; 1 Introduction; Part I: HISTORIES; 2 Anachronism; 3 National Histories; 4 Historiography; 5 Literary Histories; Part II: SPATIALITIES; 6 Place; 7 Enclosed Spaces; 8 Travel; Part III: DOCTRINES; 9 The Eucharist; 10 The Saints; 11 Vernacular Theology; 12 Conscience; Part IV: LEGALITIES; 13 Theatre; 14 When English became Latin; 15 Heresy and Treason; 16 Naughty Printed Books; Part V: OUTSIDE THE LAW; 17 Utopian Pleasure; 18 Folly; 19 Despair; Part VI: LITERATURE; 20 Poetic Fame; 21 'Literature'; 22 Style

23 London Books and London ReadersPart VII: COMMUNITIES; 24 Community; 25 The Reformation of the Household; 26 Monasticism; 27 Nuns; Part VIII: LABOUR; 28 Active and Contemplative Lives; 29 Childbirth; 30 Idleness; Part IX: SELFHOOD; 31 Persona; 32 Passion; 33 Autobiography and the History of Reading; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

The deepest periodic division in English literary history has been between the medieval and the early modern. 'Cultural Reformations' initiates discussion on many fronts in which both periods look different



in dialogue with each other.