Writing Combat and the Self in Early Modern English Literature: The Pen and the Sword 2011 Edition Contributor(s): Feather, Jennifer (Author) |
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ISBN: 1349298603 ISBN-13: 9781349298600 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2011 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | Modern - General - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
Dewey: 820.935 |
Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies 1500-1700 |
Physical Information: 0.58" H x 6" W x 9" (0.82 lbs) 254 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - Modern - Chronological Period - 16th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: By examining these competing depictions of combat that coexist in sixteenth-century texts ranging from Arthurian romance to early modern medical texts, this study reveals both the importance of combat in understanding the humanist subject and the contours of the previously neglected pre-modern subject. |