Nationalism and Historical Loss in Renaissance England

by Andrew Escobedo

Book Overview

Andrew Escobedo here seeks to provide a new understanding of the emergence of national consciousness in England, showing that many Renaissance writers articulated their Englishness temporally, through an engagement with a history they perceived as lost or alienated. According to Escobedo, the English experienced nationalism as a form of community that disrupted earlier religious and social identities, making it difficult to link the national present...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801441749
• ISBN13: 9780801441745
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher