In defiance of time : antiquarian writing in early modern England /

'In Defiance of Time' contends that the antiquarian project, integral to early modern literary & intellectual culture, depended on the antiquaries' capacity to restore - in their imagination at least - the fragments of the past. It offers readings of important authors such as Lela...

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Main Author:	Vine, Angus Edmund
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2010.
Subjects:	English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism. Humanism in literature. History in literature. National characteristics, English, in literature. Humanisme dans la littérature. Histoire dans la littérature. Anglais dans la littérature. LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. English literature > Early modern History in literature Humanism in literature National characteristics, English, in literature 1500-1700 Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Summary:	'In Defiance of Time' contends that the antiquarian project, integral to early modern literary & intellectual culture, depended on the antiquaries' capacity to restore - in their imagination at least - the fragments of the past. It offers readings of important authors such as Leland, Stow, Spenser, Camden, Drayton, & Selden.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (ix, 244 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-232) and index.
ISBN:	9780191585074 0191585076 9780199566198 0199566194 9780191722462 0191722464