Stephen Greenblatt's Renaissance Self-Fashioning
From More to Shakespeare
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism
| Author: | Liam Haydon | ISBN: | 9780429818745 |
| Publisher: | Macat Library | Publication: | May 11, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Macat Library | Language: | English |
| Author: | Liam Haydon |
| ISBN: | 9780429818745 |
| Publisher: | Macat Library |
| Publication: | May 11, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Macat Library |
| Language: | English |
What is a self? Greenblatt argues that the 16th century saw the awakening of modern self-consciousness, the ability to fashion an identity out of the culture and politics of one’s society. In a series of brilliant readings, Greenblatt shows how identity is constructed in the work of Shakespeare, Marlowe, Spenser and other Renaissance writers. A classic piece of literary criticism, and the origins of the New Historicist school of thought, Renaissance Self-Fashioning remains a critical and challenging text for readers of Renaissance literature.
What is a self? Greenblatt argues that the 16th century saw the awakening of modern self-consciousness, the ability to fashion an identity out of the culture and politics of one’s society. In a series of brilliant readings, Greenblatt shows how identity is constructed in the work of Shakespeare, Marlowe, Spenser and other Renaissance writers. A classic piece of literary criticism, and the origins of the New Historicist school of thought, Renaissance Self-Fashioning remains a critical and challenging text for readers of Renaissance literature.
