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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Jack Lynch |
| ISBN: | 0521819075 9780521819077 |
| OCLC Number: | 49650034 |
| Description: | xi, 224 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | 1. Struggling to emerge from barbarity: historiography and the idea of the classic -- 2. Learning's triumph: historicism and the spirit of the age -- 3. Call Britannia's glories back to view: Tudor history and Hanoverian historians -- 4. The rage of Reformation: religious controversy and political stability -- 5. The ground-work of stile: language and national identity -- 6. Studied barbarity: Jonson, Spenser, and the idea of progress -- 7. The last age: Renaissance lost. |
| Responsibility: | Jack Lynch. |
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Abstract:
In The Age of Elizabeth in the Age of Johnson, Jack Lynch explores eighteenth-century British conceptions of the Renaissance.
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Review of the hardback: 'An original and major contribution to the reader's understanding of eighteenth-century cultural identity.' The New Rambler
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- Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603 -- Historiography.
- English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.
- Literature and history -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
- Historiography -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
- Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 18th century.
- Renaissance -- England -- Historiography.
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- Geschiedschrijving.
- Renaissance.
- Letterkunde.
- Engels.
- Littérature anglaise -- 16e siècle -- Histoire et critique -- Théorie, etc.
- Littérature anglaise -- 17e siècle -- Histoire et critique -- Théorie, etc.
- Littérature et histoire -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire -- 18e siècle.
- Historiographie -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire -- 18e siècle.
- Renaissance -- Angleterre -- Historiographie.
- Influence littéraire, artistique, etc.
- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire -- 1558-1603 (Élisabeth Ire) -- Historiographie.
- Grande-Bretagne -- Vie intellectuelle -- 18e siècle.
