Reading Literature Historically : : Drama and Poetry from Chaucer to the Reformation / / Greg Walker.
Pioneer of early-modern literary historicism reads Medieval & early Tudor drama & poetry historicallyHow far should we try to read medieval and early modern texts historically? Does the attempt to uncover how such texts might have been received by their original readers and audiences uncover...
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Walker, Greg, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Reading Literature Historically : Drama and Poetry from Chaucer to the Reformation / Greg Walker. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022] ©2013 1 online resource (216 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Literature and History: The Risks of Conversation -- Part I: Drama -- 1 Early Tudor Drama and the Arts of Resistance -- 2 ‘To Speak before the King, it is no Child’s Play’: Godly Queen Hester in 1529 -- 3 Flytyng in the Face of Convention: Protest and Innovation in Lindsay’s Satyre of the Thrie Estaitis -- Part II: Poetry, 1380–1532 -- 4 Courtesy and Chivalry in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight -- 5 The Plowman’s Tale and the Politics of 1532: A Cautionary Tale? -- 6 Rough Girls and Squeamish Boys: The Trouble with Absolon in The Miller’s Tale -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Pioneer of early-modern literary historicism reads Medieval & early Tudor drama & poetry historicallyHow far should we try to read medieval and early modern texts historically? Does the attempt to uncover how such texts might have been received by their original readers and audiences uncover new, hitherto unexpected contemporary resonances in them? Or does it flatten works of art into mere ‘secondary sources’ for historical analysis? This book makes the case for the study of literature in context. It demonstrates the value of historical and cultural analysis alongside traditional literary scholarship for enriching our understanding of plays and poems from the medieval and early Tudor past and of the cultures which produced and received them. It equally accepts the risks involved in that kind of study.Key FeaturesMakes the case for reading medieval and early Tudor literature historicallyCase studies of the interaction between literature and politics, from Chaucer to the reign of Henry VIIIDetailed analysis of key medieval and Renaissance texts, Chaucer’s Miller’s Tale, Sir Gawain and Green Knight, Sir David Lyndsay’s A Satire of the Three EstatesTurns a spotlight on hitherto neglected texts that reveal the challenges, rewards and potential pitfalls of reading literature historically Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022) English drama Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 History and criticism. English drama To 1500 History and criticism. English poetry Early modern, 1500-1700 History and criticism. English poetry Middle English, 1100-1500 History and criticism. Historicism in literature. Literary Studies. LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000 9783110780468 print 9780748681013 https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748681020?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780748681020 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780748681020/original |
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Walker, Greg, Walker, Greg, Reading Literature Historically : Drama and Poetry from Chaucer to the Reformation / Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Literature and History: The Risks of Conversation -- Part I: Drama -- 1 Early Tudor Drama and the Arts of Resistance -- 2 ‘To Speak before the King, it is no Child’s Play’: Godly Queen Hester in 1529 -- 3 Flytyng in the Face of Convention: Protest and Innovation in Lindsay’s Satyre of the Thrie Estaitis -- Part II: Poetry, 1380–1532 -- 4 Courtesy and Chivalry in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight -- 5 The Plowman’s Tale and the Politics of 1532: A Cautionary Tale? -- 6 Rough Girls and Squeamish Boys: The Trouble with Absolon in The Miller’s Tale -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Literature and History: The Risks of Conversation -- Part I: Drama -- 1 Early Tudor Drama and the Arts of Resistance -- 2 ‘To Speak before the King, it is no Child’s Play’: Godly Queen Hester in 1529 -- 3 Flytyng in the Face of Convention: Protest and Innovation in Lindsay’s Satyre of the Thrie Estaitis -- Part II: Poetry, 1380–1532 -- 4 Courtesy and Chivalry in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight -- 5 The Plowman’s Tale and the Politics of 1532: A Cautionary Tale? -- 6 Rough Girls and Squeamish Boys: The Trouble with Absolon in The Miller’s Tale -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Literature and History: The Risks of Conversation -- Part I: Drama -- 1 Early Tudor Drama and the Arts of Resistance -- 2 ‘To Speak before the King, it is no Child’s Play’: Godly Queen Hester in 1529 -- 3 Flytyng in the Face of Convention: Protest and Innovation in Lindsay’s Satyre of the Thrie Estaitis -- Part II: Poetry, 1380–1532 -- 4 Courtesy and Chivalry in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight -- 5 The Plowman’s Tale and the Politics of 1532: A Cautionary Tale? -- 6 Rough Girls and Squeamish Boys: The Trouble with Absolon in The Miller’s Tale -- Index |
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