LEADER 03877nam 22007692 450 001 9910780273903321 005 20151005020620.0 010 $a1-107-11794-1 010 $a0-521-03518-X 010 $a0-511-31035-8 010 $a0-511-48377-5 010 $a1-280-16206-6 010 $a0-511-04862-9 010 $a0-511-11794-9 010 $a0-511-15084-9 035 $a(CKB)111082128282708 035 $a(EBL)144751 035 $a(OCoLC)49797196 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000136084 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11147063 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000136084 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10064438 035 $a(PQKB)10383848 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511483776 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC144751 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL144751 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr2000868 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL16206 035 $a(OCoLC)52561432 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111082128282708 100 $a20090224d2000|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDefending literature in early modern England $eRenaissance literary theory in social context /$fRobert Matz$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2000. 215 $a1 online resource (xi, 188 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aCambridge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ;$v37 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-521-66080-7 311 $a0-511-00857-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 172-181) and index. 327 $aIntroduction : "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? 330 $aWhy was literature so often defended and defined in early modern England in terms of its ability to provide the Horatian ideal of both profit and pleasure? This book, first published in 2000, analyses Renaissance literary theory in the context of social transformations of the period, focusing on conflicting ideas about gentility that emerged as the English aristocracy evolved from a feudal warrior class to a civil elite. Through close readings centered on works by Thomas Elyot, Philip Sidney and Edmund Spenser, Matz argues that literature attempted to mediate a complex set of contradictory social expectations. His original study engages with important theoretical work such as Pierre Bourdieu's and offers a substantial critique of New Historicist theory. It challenges recent accounts of the power of Renaissance authorship, emphasizing the uncertain status of literature during this time of cultural change, and sheds light on why and how canonical works became canonical. 410 0$aCambridge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ;$v37. 606 $aEnglish literature$yEarly modern, 1500-1700$xHistory and criticism$xTheory, etc 606 $aLiterature and society$zEngland$xHistory$y16th century 606 $aSocial change$zEngland$xHistory$y16th century 606 $aCriticism$zEngland$xHistory$y16th century 606 $aSocial change in literature 606 $aRenaissance$zEngland 615 0$aEnglish literature$xHistory and criticism$xTheory, etc. 615 0$aLiterature and society$xHistory 615 0$aSocial change$xHistory 615 0$aCriticism$xHistory 615 0$aSocial change in literature. 615 0$aRenaissance 676 $a801/.95/094209031 700 $aMatz$b Robert$0934487 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780273903321 996 $aDefending literature in early modern England$93731659 997 $aUNINA