Literary Culture in Early Modern England, 1630–1700 : Angles of Contingency

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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Berensmeyer, Ingo, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2020
Berlin ; Boston : [2020]
Materias:
1500-1700
English literature, contingency, neoclassicism, politics.
England > Intellectual life > 17th century.
England > Civilization > 17th century.
England.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface to the Revised Edition
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Abbreviations
  • “Seeking the Noise in the Depth of Silence”: A Naval Prelude with Spectators, 1665
  • 1. Historicising Literary Culture: Communication, Contingency, Contexture
  • 2. Literary Cabinets of Wonder: The ‘Paper Kingdomes’ of Robert Burton and Sir Thomas Browne
  • 3. Writing, Reading, Seeing: Visuality and Contingency in the Literary Epistemology of Neoclassicism
  • 4. Literature as Civil War
  • 5. Private Selves and Public Lives: Neoclassical Perspectives
  • The Augustan Angle: Civilised Contingency and Normative Discourse
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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