Epic, Epitome, and the Early Modern Historical Imagination

Chloe Wheatley (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

158 Seiten

2016
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-26226-3 (ISBN)

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In early modern England, epitomes-texts promising to pare down, abridge, or sum up the essence of their authoritative sources-provided readers with key historical knowledge without the bulk, expense, or time commitment demanded by greater volumes. Epic poets in turn addressed the habits of reading and thinking that, for better and for worse, were popularized by the publication of predigested works. Analyzing popular texts such as chronicle summaries, abridgements of sacred epic, and abstracts of civil war debate, Chloe Wheatley charts the efflorescence of a lively early modern epitome culture, and demonstrates its impact upon Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Abraham Cowley's Davideis, and John Milton's Paradise Lost. Clearly and elegantly written, this new study presents fresh insight into how poets adapted an important epic convention-the representation of the hero's confrontation with summaries of past and future-to reflect contemporary trends in early modern history writing.

Chloe Wheatley is an Associate Professor at Trinity College, Hartford, USA.

Contents: Introduction; Early modern epitome culture: habits of study, printed objects, history's quintessence; Stow's civil summaries; Abridging the infinite chronicle: Spenser and the role of the poet historical; Du Bartas in epitome; Cowley, Milton, and the histories of epic; Bibliography; Index.

Erscheinungsdatum	08.01.2017
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-138-26226-9 / 1138262269
ISBN-13	978-1-138-26226-3 / 9781138262263
Zustand	Neuware