Patriotism, power and print : national consciousness in Tudor England / Gillian E. Brennan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brennan, Gillian E., 1947-

Series:

Medieval and Renaissance literary studies

Medieval & Renaissance literary studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.

English literature.

Patriotism in literature.

Politics and literature--Great Britain--History--16th century.

Politics and literature.

Patriotism.

History.

Nationalism and literature.

Great Britain.

Nationalism and literature--England--History--16th century.

English language--Early modern, 1500-1700--Style.

English language.

English language--Early modern--Style.

National characteristics, English, in literature.

Patriotism--England--History--16th century.

Printing--England--History--16th century.

Printing.

England.

Power (Social sciences) in literature.

Physical Description:

160 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh : Duquesne University Press, 2003.

Contents:

II. 'The comyn wele of the realm of Engelande': Patriotism, Politics and the State 29

III. From 'barbarous tongue' to 'copious and pithie language': The Educated Elite and the Vernacular 53

IV. 'Casting pearls before swine': Translation into the English Language 69

V. 'Diversity in tongue, language, order and habit': Tudor Governments and Minority Languages 83

VI. 'Albion's Champions': Patriotism in Elizabethan Drama 94

VII. 'The renouned Isle of Great Britain': National Consciousness in Sixteenth-Century Poetry 108

VIII. 'Hans van Belch' and 'bursten bellied sots': Foreigners in Sixteenth-Century Literature 123.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [147]-156) and index.

ISBN:

0820703397

OCLC:

51868182