Title Defending literature in early modern England : Renaissance literary theory in social context / Robert Matz

Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 188 pages) Series Cambridge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ; 37 Cambridge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ; 37. Contents 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? Summary Robert Matz analyzes the defense of literature in Renaissance England in the context of social transformations particularly affecting the aristocracy. Alongside revisionary accounts of the work of Elyot, Sidney and Spenser, this original study engages with important theoretical work such as Pierre Bourdieu's and offers a substantial critique of New Historicist theory Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-181) and index Notes Print version record Subject 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 LITERARY CRITICISM -- Semiotics & Theory. Criticism Literature and society Renaissance Social change Social change in literature Literaturtheorie Literatuurtheorie. Sociale verandering. Letterkunde. Engels. England England Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 0511008570 9780511008573 0511033389 9780511033384 0511048629 9780511048623 0511117949 9780511117947 9780521660808 0521660807 9780511483776 0511483775 1280162066 9781280162060 9780521035187 052103518X

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