Nation, State and Empire in English Renaissance Literature

Nation, State and Empire in English Renaissance Literature
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Total Pages : 198
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ISBN-10 : 9781403990471
ISBN-13 : 1403990476
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Book Synopsis Nation, State and Empire in English Renaissance Literature by : Willy Maley

Download or read book Nation, State and Empire in English Renaissance Literature written by Willy Maley and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-12-30 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, original in emphasis, daring in execution, maps out the shaping power of English Renaissance literature in creating and contesting national and colonial identities through the work of major canonical authors including Shakespeare, Spenser and Milton. Informed throughout by the burgeoning fields of the new British history and postcolonial criticism, this volume marks a dramatic shift in studies of the early modern period, from Irish to British concerns, thus accounting for the interplay of union, plantation, and conquest.


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