Literary Culture in Early Modern England, 1630-1700 : Angles of Contingency /

This book explores literary culture in England between 1630 and 1700, focusing on connections between material, epistemic, and political conditions of literary writing and reading. In a number of case studies and close readings, it presents the seventeenth century as a period of change that saw a fu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Berensmeyer, Ingo (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Alemán
Publicado: Berlin ; Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, [2020]
Temas:
1500-1700
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Literature and society > England > History > 17th century.
English literature, contingency, neoclassicism, politics.
Littérature et société > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Civilization
English literature > Early modern
Intellectual life
Literature and society
England > Intellectual life > 17th century.
England > Civilization > 17th century.
Angleterre > Vie intellectuelle > 17e siècle.
Angleterre > Civilisation > 17e siècle.
England
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface to the Revised Edition
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Abbreviations
  • "Seeking the Noise in the Depth of Silence": A Naval Prelude with Spectators, 1665
  • 1. Historicising Literary Culture: Communication, Contingency, Contexture
  • 2. Literary Cabinets of Wonder: The 'Paper Kingdomes' of Robert Burton and Sir Thomas Browne
  • 3. Writing, Reading, Seeing: Visuality and Contingency in the Literary Epistemology of Neoclassicism
  • 4. Literature as Civil War
  • 5. Private Selves and Public Lives: Neoclassical Perspectives
  • The Augustan Angle: Civilised Contingency and Normative Discourse
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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