Description
Product ID: | 9781912453108 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | The Macat Library |
Title: | An Analysis of Stephen Greenblatt's Renaissance Self-Fashioning |
Subtitle: | From More to Shakespeare |
Authors: | Author: Liam Haydon |
Page Count: | 96 |
Subjects: | Literary theory, Literary theory, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 |
Description: | Select Guide Rating In a series of brilliant readings, Greenblatt shows how identity is constructed in the work of Shakespeare, Marlowe, Spenser and other Renaissance writers. A classic piece of literary criticism Renaissance Self-Fashioning remains a critical and challenging text for readers of Renaissance literature. What is a self? Greenblatt argues that the 16th century saw the awakening of modern self-consciousness, the ability to fashion an identity out of the culture and politics of one’s society. In a series of brilliant readings, Greenblatt shows how identity is constructed in the work of Shakespeare, Marlowe, Spenser and other Renaissance writers. A classic piece of literary criticism, and the origins of the New Historicist school of thought, Renaissance Self-Fashioning remains a critical and challenging text for readers of Renaissance literature. |
Imprint Name: | Macat International Limited |
Publisher Name: | Macat International Limited |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2018-05-15 |