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UNINA9910828005503321 |
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Autore |
Matz Robert |
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Titolo |
Defending literature in early modern England : Renaissance literary theory in social context / / Robert Matz |
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Cambridge ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2000 |
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ISBN |
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1-107-11794-1 |
0-521-03518-X |
0-511-31035-8 |
0-511-48377-5 |
1-280-16206-6 |
0-511-04862-9 |
0-511-11794-9 |
0-511-15084-9 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xi, 188 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Collana |
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Cambridge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ; ; 37 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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English literature - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism - Theory, etc |
Literature and society - England - History - 16th century |
Social change - England - History - 16th century |
Criticism - England - History - 16th century |
Social change in literature |
Renaissance - England |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 172-181) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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? |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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