Local negotiations of English nationhood, 1570-1680 / John M. Adrian.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adrian, John M., 1975-

Series:

Early modern literature in history (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))

Early modern literature in history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

English prose literature.

Regionalism in literature.

Local history in literature.

National characteristics, English, in literature.

Literature and society--England--History--16th century.

Literature and society.

England.

History.

Literature and society--England--History--17th century.

Physical Description:

x, 238 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

Summary:

"Even in an age of emerging nationhood, English men and women still thought very much in terms of their parishes, towns, and counties. This book examines the vitality of early modern local consciousness and its deployment by writers to mediate the larger political, religious, and cultural changes of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

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List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Local Consciousness in Renaissance England

William Lambarde and Tudor Centralization

Michael Drayton and Jacobean Court Culture

George Herbert and Caroline Religious Uniformity

Izaak Walton, Lucy Hutchinson, and the Experience of Civil War

The Country House Poem and the Localization of Empire

Conclusion

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230277717

0230277713

OCLC:

690086414

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