Nation, State and Empire in English Renaissance Literature: Shakespeare to Milton

by Willy Maley

Book Overview

This book, original in emphasis, daring in execution, maps out the shaping power of English Renaissance literature in creating and contesting national and colonial identities through the work of major canonical authors including Shakespeare, Spenser and Milton. Informed throughout by the burgeoning fields of the new British history and postcolonial criticism, this volume marks a dramatic shift in studies of the early modern period, from Irish to British...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349395323
• ISBN13: 9781349395323
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 185 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"