Local negotiations of English nationhood, 1570-1680
Adrian, John M
Local negotiations of English nationhood, 1570-1680 text John M. Adrian - Basingstoke Palgrave Macmillan 2011 - 238p. Hbk - Early modern literature in history .
Introduction -- Local consciousness in Renaissance England -- William Lambarde and Tudor centralization -- Michael Drayton and Jacobean court culture -- George Herbert and Caroline religious uniformity -- Izaak Walton, Lucy Hutchinson, and the experience of Civil War -- The country house poem and the localization of Empire.
"Even in an age of emerging nationhood, English men and women still thought very much in terms of their parishes, towns, and counties. This book examines the vitality of early modern local consciousness and its deployment by writers to mediate the larger political, religious, and cultural changes of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries"-- Provided by publisher.
9780230277717
2011004878
English prose literature - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism
Regionalism in literature
Local history in literature
Literature and society - England - History - 17th century
Literature and society - England - History - 16th century
National characteristics, English, in literature
820.9 ADR
Local negotiations of English nationhood, 1570-1680 text John M. Adrian - Basingstoke Palgrave Macmillan 2011 - 238p. Hbk - Early modern literature in history .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-225) and index.
Introduction -- Local consciousness in Renaissance England -- William Lambarde and Tudor centralization -- Michael Drayton and Jacobean court culture -- George Herbert and Caroline religious uniformity -- Izaak Walton, Lucy Hutchinson, and the experience of Civil War -- The country house poem and the localization of Empire.
"Even in an age of emerging nationhood, English men and women still thought very much in terms of their parishes, towns, and counties. This book examines the vitality of early modern local consciousness and its deployment by writers to mediate the larger political, religious, and cultural changes of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries"-- Provided by publisher.
9780230277717
2011004878
English prose literature - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism
Regionalism in literature
Local history in literature
Literature and society - England - History - 17th century
Literature and society - England - History - 16th century
National characteristics, English, in literature
820.9 ADR