The Poetics of Literary Transfer in Early Modern France and England

by Hassan Melehy

Book Overview

Examining both familiar and underappreciated texts, Hassan Melehy foregrounds the relationships that early modern French and English writers conceived with both their classical predecessors and authors from flourishing literary traditions in neighboring countries. In order to present their own avowedly national literatures as successfully surpassing others, they engaged in a paradoxical strategy of presenting other traditions as both inspiring and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0754664457
• ISBN13: 9780754664451
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"