Title Literature, nationalism, and memory in early modern England and Wales / Philip Schwyzer

Published Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 194 pages) Contents Remembering Britain -- Spenser's spark : British blood and British nationalism in the Tudor era -- Bale's books and Aske's abbeys : nostalgia and the aesthetics of nationhood -- "Awake, lovely Wales" : national identity and cultural memory -- Ghosts of a nation : A mirror for magistrates and the poetry of spectral complaint -- "I am Welsh, you know" : the nation in Henry V -- "Is this the promised end?" : James I, King Lear, and the strange death of Tudor Britain Summary Philip Schwyzer charts the genesis, development and disintegration of British nationalism in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. An important contribution to the scholarship on early modern Britishness, this study argues that Welsh texts and traditions crucially influenced the development of English literature and identity Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-189) and index Notes English Print version record Subject English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism Nationalism and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century Nationalism and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century Literature and history -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century Literature and history -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century National characteristics, British, in literature. National characteristics, Welsh, in literature. Nationalism in literature. Britons in literature. Memory in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Britons in literature. English literature -- Early modern. Literature. Literature and history. Memory in literature. National characteristics, British, in literature. National characteristics, Welsh, in literature. Nationalism and literature. Nationalism in literature. Nationalisme. SUBJECT Wales -- In literature Subject Great Britain. Wales. Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History. Form Electronic book LC no. 2004045918 ISBN 0511231458 9780511231452 0511229062 9780511229060 0511229909 9780511229909 9780521843034 0521843030 9780511483950 0511483953 1280703288 9781280703287 1107163579 9781107163577 0511230680 9780511230684 0511316674 9780511316678

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