| Politique: Languages of Statecraft between Chaucer and Shakespeare Contributor(s): Strohm, Paul (Author) |
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ISBN: 0268041148 ISBN-13: 9780268041144 Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press OUR PRICE: $34.65 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2005 Annotation: Paul Strohm argues that fifteenth-century England experienced its own "pre-Machiavellian" moment between 1450 and 1485. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Medieval - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Dewey: 820.935 |
| LCCN: 2005004934 |
| Series: Conway Lectures in Medieval Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.78" H x 6.34" W x 8.98" (1.11 lbs) 312 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 15th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Taking points of departure from Quentin Skinner and J. G. A. Pocock, Paul Strohm deploys superior powers of textual and linguistic analysis to uncover a 'pre-Machiavellian moment': an historical phase which saw political discourse deployed with unprecedented slipperiness and subtlety; a time when it was thought possible not just to follow Fortune, but to jam her turning wheel. That this should have occurred in the fifteenth century, a period regarded as too dull, tradition-bound, or chaotic for significant discursive innovation, is just one of the surprises of this remarkable book. Little-regarded writers such as Fortescue and Pecock, Whethamstede and Warkworth, emerge as figures of compelling interest; John Lydgate, once dismissed as Chaucer's dullest successor, opens paths to the Mirror for Magistrates and to the heart of Shakespearean history. This book is recommended to scholars and students of medieval and Renaissance history and literature and to all those fascinated by languages of conspiracy, destiny, and government. -David Wallace, University of Pennsylvania |
Contributor Bio(s): Strohm, Paul: - Paul Strohm is Anna S. Garbedian Professor of Humanities at Columbia University. |