Literature, travel, and colonial writing in the English Renaissance, 1545-1625
What was the purpose of representing foreign lands for writers in the English Renaissance? This study argues that writers often used their works as vehicles to reflect on the state of contemporary English politics, particularly their own lack of representation in public institutions.
eBook, English, 1998
Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, Oxford [England], New York, 1998
Criticism, interpretation, etc
1 online resource (xiv, 305 pages) : illustrations
9786610766529, 9780191567179, 9781282383791, 6610766525, 0191567175, 1282383795
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Preface ; Introduction: Changing Places in Renaissance Literature ; Chapter One: 'How harmful be the errors of princes': English Travellers in Europe, 1545-1620 ; Chapter Two: 'What is the Matter with you Christian Men?': English Colonial Literature, 1555-1625 ; Chapter Three: 'The perfect glass of state': English Fiction from William Baldwin to John Brady, 1553-1625 ; Chapter Four: 'All my travels history': Reading the Locations of Renaissance Plays ; Afterword ; Bibliography ; Index
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