Overview
Robert Matz analyzes the defense of literature in Renaissance England in the context of social transformations of the period, particularly those affecting the aristocracy as it evolved from a feudal warrior class to a civil elite. Through close readings centered on works by Thomas Elyot, Philip Sidney and Edmund Spenser, Matz argues that literature attempted to mediate a complex set of contradictory social expectations. His original study engages with important theoretical work such as Pierre Bourdieu's and offers a substantial critique of New Historicist theory.
- | Author: Robert Matz
- | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- | Publication Date: Dec 14, 2006
- | Number of Pages: 204 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 052103518X
- | ISBN-13: 9780521035187
