Literary Culture in Early Modern England, 1630-1700 : Angles of Contingency
This book explores literary culture in England between 1630 and 1700, focusing on connections between material, epistemic, and political conditions of literary writing and reading. In a number of case studies and close readings, it presents the seventeenth century as a period of change that saw a fu...
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Berlin/Boston
De Gruyter
2020
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| Summary: | This book explores literary culture in England between 1630 and 1700, focusing on connections between material, epistemic, and political conditions of literary writing and reading. In a number of case studies and close readings, it presents the seventeenth century as a period of change that saw a fundamental shift towards a new cultural configuration: neoclassicism. This shift affected a wide array of social practices and institutions, from poetry to politics and from epistemology to civility. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 electronic resource (282 p.) |
| ISBN: | 9783110691375 |
| Access: | Open Access |