Literature, Politics and National Identity: Reformation to Renaissance

by Andrew Hadfield

For many years C. S. Lewis's dismissal of the sixteenth century as a 'drab age' influenced literary scholars. Andrew Hadfield offers a challenging reinterpretation, through study of the work of some of the century's most important writers, including Skelton, Bale, Sidney, Spenser, Baldwin and the Earl of Surrey. He argues that all were involved in the establishment of a vernacular literary tradition as a crucial component of English identity, yet...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521118859
• ISBN13: 9780521118859
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"