Literature and Nation in the Sixteenth Century

by Timothy Hampton

Assessing the relationship between the emergence of modern French literary culture and the ideological debates that marked Renaissance France, Timothy Hampton explores the role of literary form in shaping national identity.The foundational texts of modern French literature were produced during a period of unprecedented struggle over the meaning of community. In the face of religious heresy, political threats from abroad, and new forms of cultural...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801437741
• ISBN13: 9780801437748
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher