03906nam 2200793 a 450 991082800550332120200520144314.01-107-11794-10-521-03518-X0-511-31035-80-511-48377-51-280-16206-60-511-04862-90-511-11794-90-511-15084-9(CKB)111082128282708(EBL)144751(OCoLC)49797196(SSID)ssj0000136084(PQKBManifestationID)11147063(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000136084(PQKBWorkID)10064438(PQKB)10383848(UkCbUP)CR9780511483776(MiAaPQ)EBC144751(Au-PeEL)EBL144751(CaPaEBR)ebr2000868(CaONFJC)MIL16206(OCoLC)52561432(EXLCZ)9911108212828270819990625d2000 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierDefending literature in early modern England Renaissance literary theory in social context /Robert Matz1st ed.Cambridge ;New York Cambridge University Press20001 online resource (xi, 188 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Cambridge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ;37Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).0-521-66080-7 0-511-00857-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 172-181) and index.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.Cambridge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ;37.English literatureEarly modern, 1500-1700History and criticismTheory, etcLiterature and societyEnglandHistory16th centurySocial changeEnglandHistory16th centuryCriticismEnglandHistory16th centurySocial change in literatureRenaissanceEnglandEnglish literatureHistory and criticismTheory, etc.Literature and societyHistorySocial changeHistoryCriticismHistorySocial change in literature.Renaissance801/.95/094209031Matz Robert934487MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910828005503321Defending literature in early modern England4008750UNINA