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Robert Matz - Defending Literature in Early Modern England: Renaissance Literary Theory in Social Context
Published: 2000-09-04 | ISBN: 0521660807, 052103518X | PDF | 204 pages | 0.85 MB
Robert Matz analyzes the defense of literature in Renaissance England in the context of social transformations of the period, particularly those affecting the aristocracy as it 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.