Early Modern Britain’s Relationship to Its Past : : The Historiographical Fortunes of the Legends of Brute, Albina, and Scota / / Philip Mark Robinson-Self.
This volume considers the reception in the early modern period of four popular medieval myths of nationhood – the legends of Brutus, Albina, Scota and Arthur – tracing their intertwined literary and historiographical afterlives. The book thus speaks to several connected areas and is timely on a numb...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2019 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Kalamazoo, MI : : Medieval Institute Publications, , [2019] ©2019 |
Year of Publication: | 2019 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Research in Medieval and Early Modern Culture
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (196 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction: Origins of Origins -- Chapter 1. Brutal Beginnings: Britain and the Reception of Brutus of Troy -- Chapter 2. Albina and Her Sisters: Female Foundations -- Chapter 3. Remembering Scotland: The Early Modern Reception of Scota -- Chapter 4. Arthurian Afterthoughts Princes, Kings, and the Prophetic Past -- References -- Index |
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Summary: | This volume considers the reception in the early modern period of four popular medieval myths of nationhood – the legends of Brutus, Albina, Scota and Arthur – tracing their intertwined literary and historiographical afterlives. The book thus speaks to several connected areas and is timely on a number of fronts: its dialogue with current investigations into early modern historiography and the period’s relationship to its past, its engagement with pressing issues in identity and gender studies, and its analysis of the formation of British national origin stories at a time when modern Britain is seriously considering its own future as a nation. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781580443524 9783110719567 9783110610765 9783110664232 9783110610178 9783110606195 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9781580443524 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Philip Mark Robinson-Self. |