Shakespeare, Spenser and the contours of Britain : reshaping the Atlantic archipelago / Joan Fitzpatrick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fitzpatrick, Joan.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Knowledge and learning--Great Britain.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Politics and literature.

History.

Great Britain.

Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599--Knowledge and learning--Great Britain.

Spenser, Edmund.

Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599.

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

English literature.

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

Politics and literature--Ireland--History--17th century.

Politics and literature--Great Britain--History--17th century.

Literature and history--Great Britain.

Literature and history.

Nationalism in literature.

Great Britain--In literature.

Ireland.

Physical Description:

x, 182 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Hatfield : University of Hertfordshire Press, 2004.

Summary:

Issues of gender, religion, and landscape in the works of Shakespeare and Spenser are examined through the lens of colonialism and national identity in this literary critical analysis. This period in early modern English literature is marked by a redefinition of what it means to be British, and close readings of the texts reveal Spenser's developing (and ambivalent) sense of Irishness and Shakespeare's alleged Catholic recusancy. The relationship between biographical details and imaginative writing reveal the conflicting issues of literary reputation and identity that make discussions of nationalism so complex. Pastoralism versus ruralism and internal insurrection versus foreign invasion are among the themes discussed.

ISBN:

1902806360

1902806379

OCLC:

55964200