Writing Combat and the Self in Early Modern English Literature
By examining these competing depictions of combat that coexist in sixteenth-century texts ranging from Arthurian romance to early modern medical texts, this study reveals both the importance of combat in understanding the humanist subject and the contours of the previously neglected pre-modern subject.
Autor: | Feather, Jennifer |
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ISBN: | 9781349298600 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Seitenzahl: | 254 |
Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Verlag: | Palgrave Macmillan US |
Veröffentlicht: | 07.12.2011 |
Untertitel: | The Pen and the Sword |
Schlagworte: | Andreas Vesalius Early Modern English English English literature gender history history of literature humanism literature nation |
Jennifer Feather is Assistant Professor of English at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro.