Literature and culture in early modern London / Lawrence Manley.
Literature and culture in early modern London / Lawrence Manley.
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Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995.
Date
1995.
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N820.932421/1
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English
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xvi, 603 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Pt. I. The invention of London. 1. The city and humanism. 2. London and the languages of Tudor complaint -- Pt. II. Fictions of settlement. 3. From matron to monster: London and the languages of description. 4. The emergence of a Tudor capital: Spenser's epic vision. 5. Scripts for the pageant: the...
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Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995.
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England
Date Published
1995.
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In the two hundred years from 1475 London was transformed from a medieval commune into a metropolis of half a million people, a capital city, and a major European trading centre. New possibilities emerged for cultural exchange and combination, social and political order, and literary expression. Integrating literary and historical analysis, and dra...
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Literature and culture in early modern London / Lawrence Manley.
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Includes bibliiographical references and index.
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N820.932421/1
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74VM5KqvoM8Z
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VM5KqvoM8Z
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0521461618 (hc)
9780521461610 (hc)
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820.932421
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991003608189702626
