Nationalism and historical loss in Renaissance England : Foxe, Dee, Spenser, Milton
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...
Criticism, interpretation, etc
xi, 261 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780801441745, 0801441749
53019535
Introduction: the nation in time
Traitorous martyrs, or a history to forget?
Antiquarian history: Dee, Spenser, and the Tudor search for Arthur
Apocalyptic history and English deferrals
Poetical history: Spenser and Milton ornament the nation
From tradition to innovation: Foxe, Milton, and English historical progress
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