Writing the Early Modern English Nation : : The Transformation of National Identity in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century England / / edited by Herbert Grabes.

• Superior document: Costerus New Series ; 137
• TeilnehmendeR: Grabes, Herbert,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2001.
• Year of Publication: 2001
• Language: English
• Series: Costerus New Series ; 137.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (215 pages)

While there is overwhelming evidence that nationalism reached its peak in the later nineteenth century, views about when precisely national thinking and sentiment became strong enough to override all other forms of collective unity differ considerably. When one looks for the historical moment when t...

Table of Contents

• Preface and Acknowledgements. Herbert GRABES: Introduction: "Writing the Nation" in a Literal Sense. Stefanie RÜCK: Patriotic Tendencies in Pamphleteering during the Reigns of Henry VIII and Edward VI. Herbert GRABES: England or the Queen? Public Conflict of Opinion and National Identity under Mary Tudor. Claus UHLIG: National Historiography and Cultural Identity: The Example of the English Renaissance. Martina MITTAG: National Identity and the Sovereign in Anti-Spanish Pamphlets 1558-1625. Franz WIESELHUBER: Models of National Identity in Restoration Pamphlets. Philipp WOLF: The Emergence of National Identity in Early Modern England: Causes and Ideological Representations. Herbert GRABES: "Elect Nation": The Founding Myth of National Identity in Early Modern England. Works Cited.